Lot Essay
The present bowls are very rare and only a few other examples are known. A similar bowl was in the E.T. Chow Collection, and sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 542. Two other sold examples have been recorded, one was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 May, 1978, lot 96; the other at Sotheby's London, 6 April 1976, lot 139.