Lot Essay
See The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1984, Catalogue no.37 for another example of this size; and another in the Percival David Foundation, Catalogue, Section 6, nos. B500-1.
MONOCHROMES
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF IMPERIAL YELLOW DEEP BOWLS
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARKS AND OF THE PERIOD
Details
A PAIR OF IMPERIAL YELLOW DEEP BOWLS
kangxi six-character marks and of the period
Each with steep rounded sides rising from a parallel foot, all under a rich, even egg-yolk yellow glaze stopping neatly above the foot, foot chip to one restored
5in. (12.6cm.) diam. (2)
kangxi six-character marks and of the period
Each with steep rounded sides rising from a parallel foot, all under a rich, even egg-yolk yellow glaze stopping neatly above the foot, foot chip to one restored
5in. (12.6cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Purchased in 1926 for £10 from The Peking Art Gallery, 15 Mei Chan Hutung, Peking, by Captain and Mrs. Campbell, and sold here with an interesting letter from Mr. Wu Lai-hsi, dated 27th April 1926