Lot Essay
Some similar conical bowls with identical designs are kept in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng, Qianlong, p.202, pl.31 ; in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.12, pl.64 bottom ; in the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Achaeology, University of Durham, illustrated by L. Legeza in the Malcolm MacDonald Collection Catalogue, pl.CXXXIX, no.378 ; and in the Chang Foundation, included in Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing Dynasty, pl.141.