Finely and very thinly potted. The interior and exteriors, glazed in a sublime rich and pale yellow tone that was reserved for the Emperor.
Diameter: 4 ½ inches (12 cm.)
Ex: Private American Collection (acquired from Sotheby’s Hong Kong, May 15, 1990, Lot. 58)
With fitted box.
A very similar pair is in the Sir Percival David Collection, London now at the British Museum. Another pair of this size from the T.Y. Chao Collection was exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, No. 45. A slightly larger bowl was exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Wonders of the Potter’s Palette, 1984, No. 37. Another was in the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Imperial Perfection, The Palace Porcelain of the Three Chinese Emperors, 2004, No. 92; and other examples are in the Baur Collection, Geneva and Meiyintang Collection.
