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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




























           501
           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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