An Imperial yellow bowl. Mark and period of Wanli.  Photo Sotheby's

the gently rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a flaring rim, covered overall in a rich egg-yolk yellow glaze, the base glazed white with a six-character reign mark within a double circle in underglaze blue, Japanese wood box - 17,2 cm., 6 3/4 in. Estimation 300,000-400,000 HKD. Lot 3129 unsold. 

PROVENANCE: Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2005, Lot 1461.

NOTE DE CATALOGUE: A slightly larger yellow-glazed bowl with a Wanli reign mark and of the period is in the Percival David Foundation included in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Qing Monochrome Wares, Section 6, London, 1989, cat. no. 543.

See also a bowl from the W.A. Evill collection and included in the exhibition Monochrome Porcelains, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948, cat. no. 182, sold in our London rooms, 30th November 1965, lot 53

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. Hong Kong | 04 avr. 2012 www.sothebys.com