Lot Essay
A very similar example with gilt rims from the Palace Museum collection in Beijing is illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 223. Another comparable bowl in the collection of the British Museum is illustrated by R.L. Hobson, The Later Ceramic Wares of China, London, 1925, pl. LV, fig. 1.