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Lot Essay
Globular bowls of this type were known as pure water bowls, qing shui wan. They were used in Buddhist rituals as vessels containing sacred water.
A number of examples exist in private and museum collections including one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1998, pp. 60-61; and another is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 636.
Compare also with an example from the Percival David collection sold by Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1351, and another one from the E.T. Chow collection sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 402.
A number of examples exist in private and museum collections including one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1998, pp. 60-61; and another is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 636.
Compare also with an example from the Percival David collection sold by Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1351, and another one from the E.T. Chow collection sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 402.