Lot Essay
For a comparable pair of bowls with Qianlong seal marks see Chinese Porcelain: The S. C. Ko Tianminlou Collection , Part I, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 161
According to Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 172, brown glazes were already in use in the Yuan dynasty. She also points out that iron is the most versatile of coloring agents in ceramics and that iron-brown glazes range from dark brown to a light café-au-lait tone
According to Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 172, brown glazes were already in use in the Yuan dynasty. She also points out that iron is the most versatile of coloring agents in ceramics and that iron-brown glazes range from dark brown to a light café-au-lait tone