A similar bowl from the E.T.Chow collection was sold in Christie's London on 14 December, 1983, lot 19. Another bowl was exhibited by Spink and Son, 1927, illustrated Catalogue, p.36.
See Garner, Guri Lacquer of the Ming Dynasty, T.O.C.S., 1957-59, pp.61-73 for a discussion of the origins and development of this type