A RARE CAFÉ-AU-LAIT-GLAZED INCISED STEMBOWL

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A RARE CAFÉ-AU-LAIT-GLAZED INCISED STEMBOWL
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD

Raised on a tapering cylindrical foot incised with clouds, the deep bell-shaped sides incised on the exterior with scrolling lotus sprays above a band of petal lappets and the interior with a lotus spray medallion incised in the center, all under a glaze of almost metallic, deep tobacco-brown color, the nianhao written in a line inside the foot
4¾in. (12cm.) high

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There appear to be no other published examples with this glaze and a Jiajing mark on the interior of the foot

However, yellow-glazed examples of the same shape with Jiajing six-character marks on the interior of the foot are known, including the example in the Percival David Foundation, with interior-molded decoration of dragons amidst clouds, exhibited in Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, London, June 10-September 10, 1992, Catalogue, no. 79

See, also, a Jiajing-marked iron-brown bowl illustrated by Regina Krahl in Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pp. 84-85, no. 704