A fine yellow-glazed bowl. Incised mark and period of Jiajing

A fine yellow-glazed bowl. Incised mark and period of Jiajing. Photo Sotheby's

with rounded sides, flared rim and short foot, covered with a deep yellow glaze, including the base, incised with a six-character reign mark, 10 cm., 4 in. Estimate ,500,000—3,500,000 HKD. Lot Sold 3,740,000 HKD

PROVENANCE: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London (505a).
Sotheby's London, 15th October 1968, lot 118.
Messrs John Sparks, London.

EXHIBITED: Evolution to Perfection. Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection/Evolution vers la perfection. Céramiques de Chine de la Collection Meiyintang, Sporting d'Hiver, Monte Carlo, 1996, cat. no. 122.

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, no. 700.

NOTE The companion bowl, still remaining in the Sir Percival David Collection, now in the British Museum, London, is published in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, no. 505. A similar pair of bowls of this unusual size and with the extremely rare incised reign mark, from the collection of Mr and Mrs Alfred Clark, included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition of Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, cat. no. 169, was sold in these rooms, 17th May 1988, lot 3.

Sotheby's. The Meiyintang Collection - An Important Selection of Imperial Chinese Porcelains. 07 Apr 11. Hong Kong www.sothebys.com

Cup with yellow glaze. Porcelain with incised decoration and transparent and yellow glazes. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮. Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period, AD 1522–66. On loan from Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. PDF.505. British Museum. Copyright SOAS All rights reserved