Lot Essay
A very similar example from the S.C. Tianminlou Collection was exhibited, The Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1987, Catalogue, vol.I, col.pl.26; another comparable bowl from the Eugene Bernat Collection was included in the exhibition, 'Ming Blue and White', Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949, Catalogue, no.62; a third example is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan Series, vol.14, col.pls.25 and 26; see also Toji Taikei, vol.42, pl.50 for another related dice bowl.