Lot Essay
Jiajing-marked bowls with similar scenes of figures in landscape are publish in varying sizes, but few that are of this large size. A near-identical bowl, of slightly larger size (36.2 cm. diam.), is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 139.
Several large bowls from this period, decorated with the subject of the hundred boys, are known; cf. an example which was sold in these Rooms, 7 July 2003 (Catalogue dated 28 April 2003), lot 654.
Several large bowls from this period, decorated with the subject of the hundred boys, are known; cf. an example which was sold in these Rooms, 7 July 2003 (Catalogue dated 28 April 2003), lot 654.