YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)

Compare a similar bowl in the Falk Collection illustrated in H. D. Ling and E. T. Chow, Collections of Chinese Ceramics from the Hall of Leisurely Pastime, in two volumes, Hong Kong, 1950, vol. 11, no. 86, pp. 64-5, and in M. Komor, Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty, New York, 1951, no. 23, subsequently sold at Christie's New York, 20th September 2001, lot 133. Compare also the similar bowl exhibited at the Exhibition of Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1977, subsequently sold at Sotheby's London, 15th April 1980, lot 267; and one from the Clark Collection, included in the London Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, 1957, Catalogue no. 9, and later sold at Sotheby's London, 26th June 1973, lot 247.