KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

Earlier examples of these large yellow-glazed bowls include the Jiajing-marked example (30.3 cm. diam.) in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 37 - Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 48, no. 43. Other Kangxi-marked examples of this same size are illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972, no. A446 and by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, vol. 2, 1994, p. 230, no. 893.