A RARE YELLOW-GLAZED BOWL SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG |

thinly potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short straight foot, covered overall with a luminous bright and even yellow glaze, the white base inscribed with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Collection of Henry M. Knight (1903-1970), The Hague, Holland.
Nijstad, Holland, 1965, by repute.
Shogado Nakamura, Kyoto.
Bluett & Sons, London, March 1969.
Collection of Professor Lynne Reid.
Bluett and Son, London.
Gisèle Croës, September 1984.
A Belgium private collection.

Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain: Famille Verte, Famille Rose, London, 1987, col. pl. 226.

The bowl is in very good condition, with just a 0.1 cm kiln imperfection to the foot.
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Plain yellow bowls with Qianlong marks and of the period are unusual, although a closely related example was sold in our London rooms, 6th November 2019, lot 163; and another was included in the exhibition Qing Mark and Period Monochromes and Enamelled Wares, S. Marchant & Son, London, 1981, cat. no. 14.