Imperial yellow bowl, saucer dish & dish. Zhengde mark and period

A fine Imperial yellow bowl. Zhengde mark and period. photo Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from an inclined foot to a flared rim, covered overall with an even deep yellow glaze, the base with a transparent glaze of bluish tinge; 18.2cm, 7 1/8 in. Estimate 60,000—80,000 GBP. Lot Sold 79,250 GBP

PROVENANCE; Collection of Thomas English Cody (1889-1948), the great nephew of 'Buffalo Bill' Cody.

NOTE: A closely related example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is published in the Monochrome Ware of the Ming Dynasty, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1968, p. 123, pls 4 and 4a; another is illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. 2, London, 1986, pl. 775; and two bowls from the Edward T. Chow collection were sold in our Hong Kong rooms, the first, 25^th November 1980, lot 53, and again at Christie's Hong Kong, 28^th October 2002, lot 685, and the second, 19^th May 1981, lot 456, and again in our Hong Kong rooms, 17^th May 1988, lot 4.

An Imperial yellow saucer dish. Zhengde mark and period. photo Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, covered overall in a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze, the base glazed white; 15.5cm., 6 1/8 in. Estimate 6,000—8,000 GBP. Lot Sold 49,250 GBP

An Imperial yellow dish. Zhengde mark and period. photo Sotheby's.

the low rounded sides rising from a wedge-shaped foot to an everted rim, applied overall with a translucent glaze of rich egg-yolk colour leaving the slightly convex base in white; 20.5cm., 8 1/8 in. Estimate 3,000—5,000 GBP. Lot Sold 9,375 GBP

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