A fine large yellow-glazed bowl Mark and period of Kangxi

of well potted deep form with rounded sides rising from a high tapered footring to an everted rim, covered overall with a glossy rich yellow glaze pulling in places to reveal the fine white body beneath

There is some uneveness to the glaze at the mouthrim at the exterior and the interior, in the form of 'dribbles' and 'tear-drops'. The glaze on the interior has been fired to slightly smoky grey colour. There are five short firing lines on the base, the longest approx 0.9cm.
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A yellow glazed bowl of similar form and size is illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection Geneva. Chinese Ceramics, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972, no. A 446; another in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, no. 893.  See a bowl of this type from the Hall Family Collection, sold in these rooms, 2nd May 2000, lot 526.

Also compare slightly larger bowls of this type; one published in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, pl. 238; and another in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares, Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1989, nos A 522a and b.