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A FINE YELLOW-ENAMELLED BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF
THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The bowl is thinly potted with rounded sides rising to a slightly flared rim, supported on
a short foot, enamelled inside and out with a rich yellow enamel of deep egg-yolk tone.
The base is covered with a clear glaze.
7 ¿ in. (18.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
HK$380,000-450,000 US$49,000-58,000
A Wanli yellow-enamelled bowl of similar size is in the Percival David Collection,
now on loan to the British Museum (accession number: PDF. 543), illustrated in the
R. Scott, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Perciral
David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, no. 543, pp.18-19; another was sold
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1461.

明萬曆 黃釉盌 雙圈六字楷書款

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