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It is extremely rare to find a pair of such bowls from the have been a motif that gained popularity from its inception in
Yongzheng period. However, a closely related pair of bowls the Xuande period; for example see a meiping, with a Xuande
was included in the exhibition Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah reign mark and of the period, included in the exhibition
Kwong Collection, Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Imperial Porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande Periods
Kong, Hong Kong, 1973, cat. no. 59. For single examples, see Excavated from the Site of the Ming Imperial Factory at
one, in the Scheinman Collection, illustrated in Born of Earth Jingdezhen, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1989,
and Fire, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1992, cat. cat. no. 88. Later designs that were probably inspired by the
no. 88, and sold at Christie’s New York, 23rd March 1995, Xuande original include two related Wanli mark and period
lot 115; another from the Rolf Heiniger Collection, sold in our meiping, in the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, illustrated in
London rooms, 9th November 2005, lot 318; and one sold Lu Minghua, Mingdai guanyo ciqi [Ming imperial porcelain],
twice in these rooms, 5th November 1996, lot 811, and 5th Shanghai, 2007, pls 3-97 and 3-98; another was sold in our
October 2016, lot 3695. London rooms, 13th May 2015, lot 118; and an ovoid jar with
cover, with a Kangxi mark and of the period, in the Palace
The dragon on the present piece has been rendered in a
Ming style, and its placement against a plain white ground, Museum, Beijing, published in Gugong Bowuyuan qingdai
sometimes interspersed with clouds or scrolls, appears to yuyao ciqi, vol. 1, pt. I, Beijing, 2005, pl. 45.