ENCIRCLED JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A BOWL WITH UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OVERGLAZE IRON RED DECORATION
Encircled Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566)
The bowl with gently curving sides and everted rim decorated on the interior with a central medallion containing a vigorous five-clawed dragon among turbulent waves, on the exterior with a further eight dragons above cresting waves and separated by T-shaped clouds, above a band of upright ruyi heads.
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

A slightly smaller bowl with similar decoration to the current example is in the Koger collection and is illustrated by J. Ayers in Chinese Ceramics, The Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 105, no. 80.
Similar bowls of this pattern, but slightly larger are in the Avery Brundage Collection, illustrated by A. Joseph, Ming Porcelains, no. 78; the City Art Museum of St. Louis, illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition Ming Porcelains, (New York, China Institute, 1970), no. 47; and the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Taiwan Enamelled Ware, book II, Chia-ching Ware, pls. 8, 8A-C.

A similar bowl was sold in our New York rooms in June 1990.

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