Lot Essay
Bowls of this size with this decoration are extremly rare and no other examples appear to have been published.
A slightly larger version (8.4 cm. diam.) in the British Museum is illustrated by Moss, By Imperial Command, pl. 5, attributed to the Jingdezhen Imperial kilns between 1722 and 1728. Another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 9 cm. diam., is illustrated by Kerr, Chinese Ceramics Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, p. 110, fig. 93 and in Chinese Art and Design, p. 199, col. pl. 92. Another of this size also from the T.Y. Chao Collection was sold in Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 130.
(US$9,000-12,000)
A slightly larger version (8.4 cm. diam.) in the British Museum is illustrated by Moss, By Imperial Command, pl. 5, attributed to the Jingdezhen Imperial kilns between 1722 and 1728. Another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 9 cm. diam., is illustrated by Kerr, Chinese Ceramics Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911, p. 110, fig. 93 and in Chinese Art and Design, p. 199, col. pl. 92. Another of this size also from the T.Y. Chao Collection was sold in Hong Kong, 18 November 1986, lot 130.
(US$9,000-12,000)