A rare yellow-glazed bowl


Zhengde six-character mark and of the periodThe deep rounded sides rising from an in-sloping foot to a gently everted rim, applied overall with a rich lemon-yellow glaze of deep even tone, the unglazed footring burnt orange around the inner edge, the white base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double ring. 17.5cm (6 7/8in) diam.
|明正德 黃釉素盌 青花「大明正德年製」楷書款Provenance: a European private collection and thence by descent來源： 歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今A similar bowl is illustrated by J.Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1980, pl.155. A bowl of this type, but of slightly smaller size, formerly in the collection of Lord Cunliffe, is illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, pl.1418.