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Lot Essay
A similar footed bowl, with similarly written Wanli mark, is illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Daxi - Mingdai Taoci Daquan (Chinese Ceramics Series - Ming Dynasty Ceramics, Taipei, 1983/1987, p. 412.
The refined combination of the lotus scroll subtly incorporating the bajixiang was inspired by similar bowls of earlier, Xuande date, such as the slightly smaller, but very similar bowl, with Xuande mark, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, included in the Philadelphia Museum Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, and illustrated in the Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, Autumn 1949, p. 70, no. 151. Another similar Xuande-marked bowl, in the National Museum of China, is illustrated in Zhongguo guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu: ciqi juan: Ming dai (National Museum of China Series: Porcelain: Ming dynasty), Shanghai, 2007, p. 49, no. 41.
The elegant design continued into the 18th century, and can be seen on a Kangxi-marked, footed bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Chinghua Ci (Blue and White Porcelain from Shunzhi and Kangxi Periods), Beijing, 2005, no. 115.
The refined combination of the lotus scroll subtly incorporating the bajixiang was inspired by similar bowls of earlier, Xuande date, such as the slightly smaller, but very similar bowl, with Xuande mark, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat, included in the Philadelphia Museum Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, and illustrated in the Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, Autumn 1949, p. 70, no. 151. Another similar Xuande-marked bowl, in the National Museum of China, is illustrated in Zhongguo guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu: ciqi juan: Ming dai (National Museum of China Series: Porcelain: Ming dynasty), Shanghai, 2007, p. 49, no. 41.
The elegant design continued into the 18th century, and can be seen on a Kangxi-marked, footed bowl in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Chinghua Ci (Blue and White Porcelain from Shunzhi and Kangxi Periods), Beijing, 2005, no. 115.