JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

Details

An Imperial Yellow Bowl
Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1522-1566)
The deep rounded sides rising to a flared rim covered inside and out in a glaze of soft yellow tone which pales slightly below the rim on the exterior and ends on the exterior at the foot rim to reveal the smooth white body, the transparent glaze on the base has a soft bluish tint
7¾in. (19.6cm.) diam.

Provenance

Sotheby's Hong Kong, Important Chinese Porcelain, Enamels and Jade from the Works of Art Collection of the British Rail Pension Fund, 16 May 1989, lot 5.

Exhibited

An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, Christie's London, 2-14 June 1993, no. 23.

Lot Essay

A yellow-glazed Jiajing-marked bowl of this size is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 83, no. 701. A smaller bowl from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. I, Tokyo, 1977, pl. 87.

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