JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A RARE LARGE YELLOW-GLAZED BOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
With deep rounded sides rising from the slightly tapered ring foot to the somewhat everted rim, covered inside and out with a glaze of rich lemon-yellow tone
15 in. (38 cm.) diam.

Provenance

H. R. Norton Collection.

Literature

A. Joseph, Ming Porcelains: Their Origin and Development, London, 1971, pl. 104.
J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no. 75.

Lot Essay

It is very rare to find a Jiajing-marked yellow-glazed bowl of this unusually large size. A smaller (30.3 cm. diam.) yellow-glazed Jiajing-marked bowl is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 48, no. 43.

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