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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN Large monochrome yellow-glazed bowls with Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998,
PRIVATE COLLECTION imperial marks originated during the Jiajing cat. no. 238; one sold in our London rooms,
A MASSIVE YELLOW-GLAZED BOWL emperor’s reign (1521-1567) and enjoyed a 14th March 1972, lot 150; an example from the
renaissance under the Kangxi emperor (r. Earl Morse Collection sold in these rooms, 24th
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD 1662-1722). A Jiajing-marked example from the March 1998, lot 661; a third sold at Christie’s
Qing Court Collection and now in the Palace New York, 29th March 2006, lot 515; and
the Þ nely potted deep sides rising in generous
Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete another sold at Christie’s New York, 20th-21st
ß ared proÞ le from the thick wedge-shaped foot,
applied overall with a vitreous, translucent pale Collection of the Palace Museum: Monochrome March 2014, lot 2178. Another of this type from
Porcelain, vol. 37, Hong Kong, 1999, cat. no. 43. the Meiyintang Collection sold in our Hong Kong
yellow glaze pooling unevenly at the rim and
rooms, 8th April 2013, lot 2.
foot to a richer egg-yolk tone, the base white- Kangxi-marked versions were produced in two
glazed with a six-character mark in underglaze sizes: bowls with a diameter between 12¼ and 㶭⹟䅁ġġġ湫慱⣏䙴
blue 12½ inches (31.1 - 31.8 cm), and those with
Diameter 14¾ in., 37.5 cm a diameter between 14 and 15 inches (35.6 ˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
cm - 38.1 cm). The present bowl belongs to the
PROVENANCE latter group, which is the rarer of the two. Other Ը๕
Collection of Ira (1912-2004) and Nancy (1915- bowls of this immense scale include a pair from Iraġĩ1912Į2004Īġ⍲ġNancyġĩ1915Į2005ĪġKogerġ
2005) Koger. the Sir Percival David Foundation, now in the ằ⃟㓞啷
Sotheby’s New York, 27th November 1990, lot collection of the British Museum (coll. no. PDF, 䲸䲬喯⭴㭼1990⸜11㚰27㖍炻䶐嘇30
30. A.522); an example in the Shanghai Museum RalphġMįġChaitġGalleries炻䲸䲬炻1997⸜
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1997. published in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the
$ 60,000-80,000

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