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A LARGE YELLOW-GLAZED BOWL Smaller examples, measuring approximately 18.5cm diameter,
MARK AND PERIOD OF HONGZHI include one in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 38; and another
a double circle
Diameter 7¾ in., 19.8 cm in the Percival David Collection, now in the British Museum,
London, illustrated in Margaret Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of
PROVENANCE Ming and Ch’ing Monochrome in the Percival David Foundation
of Chinese Art, London, 1973, no. A558.
Sotheby’s London, 10th June 1997, lot 40.
The present bowl is notable for its large size and luminous, $ 30,000-50,000
soft yellow glaze. Compare a similar bowl in the Museum of
Far Eastern Antiquities, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The 明弘治 黃釉大盌
World’s Greatest Collections, vol. 8, 1982, pl. 91. Another
example of the same size as the present lot was sold at 《大明弘治年製》款
Christie’s New York, 23rd March 2018, lot 723.
來源
倫敦蘇富比1997年6月10日，編號40

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A RARE INCISED WHITE-GLAZED BISCUIT (18.5cm) in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated
‘DRAGON’ DISH in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum. Monochrome
MARK AND PERIOD OF HONGZHI Ware of the Ming Dynasty, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1968, pls 2-2c.
For a fragment of a Hongzhi dish with biscuit-fired dragon
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within design from the Ming imperial kiln site, see Porcelain from
a double circle the Ming Dynasty Imperial Kilns at Jingdezhen, Beijing, 2009,
Diameter 7⅞ in., 20 cm
pl. 102.
PROVENANCE
$ 20,000-30,000
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2nd May 2000, lot 605.
Compare a dish of the same size in the British Museum, 明弘治 白釉素胎雲龍趕珠紋盤
illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics.
Catalogue of Late Yuan and Early Ming Ceramics in the British 《大明弘治年製》款
Museum, London, 2001, pl. 7:3. Smaller examples include
one (16.2cm diameter) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 來源
New York, illustrated in Suzanne G. Valenstein, A Handbook 香港蘇富比2000年5月2日，編號605
of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989, pl. 155, and another

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