A rare yellow-glazed bowl Mark and period of Jiajing

very well potted with deep rounded sides springing from a wedge-shaped footring and flaring delicately towards the rim, veiled in a lustrous even yellow glaze, leaving the base glazed white

There are two firing lines at the foot under the glaze; one approx 1.2cm, and the other approx 2.5cm of which there is a small patch of dicolouration next to the glaze approx 0.5 by 0.4cm. There is a small firing kiln chip to the foot under the glaze, approx 0.5 by 0.2cm. Apart from the natural firing flaws, the bowl is in good condition, with only light surface scratches on the interior. The glaze is glossy and slightly brighter than the illustration depicts.
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A closely related bowl in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, pl. 199; one of a pair in the Meiyintang collection is published in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, pl. 701; and another in the Idemitsu collection is included in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, pl. 699. See also a bowl from the Abraham collection included in the exhibition Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, cat. no. 174; one from the Edward T. Chow collection, sold in these rooms, 19^th May 1981, lot 453; and another sold at Christie's London, 7^th June 2004, lot 79.