Lot Essay
For two other Kangxi-marked yellow-glazed bowls of this shape and approximate large size see the example illustrated in the Catalog of the Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 56, no. 16; and another illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 231, no. 894. The companion bowl to this latter example is in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by M. Medley, Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ch'ing Monochromes in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1973, no. A 520. A similar-sized bowl was sold at Christie's New York, The Jingguantang Collection, Part II, 20 March 1997, lot 102.