A massive yellow-glazed bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722)
Lot 122. A massive yellow-glazed bowl, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722). Diameter 14 3/4 in., 37.5 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000. Unsold. © Sotheby's.
the finely potted deep sides rising in generous flared profile from the thick wedge-shaped foot, applied overall with a vitreous, translucent pale yellow glaze pooling unevenly at the rim and foot to a richer egg-yolk tone, the base white-glazed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.
Provenance: Collection of Ira (1912-2004) and Nancy (1915-2005) Koger.
Sotheby's New York, 27th November 1990, lot 30.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1997.
Note: Large monochrome yellow-glazed bowls with imperial marks originated during the Jiajing emperor's reign (1521-1567) and enjoyed a renaissance under the Kangxi emperor (r. 1662-1722). A Jiajing-marked example from the Qing Court Collection and now in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, vol. 37, Hong Kong, 1999, cat. no. 43.
Kangxi-marked versions were produced in two sizes: bowls with a diameter between 12¼ and 12½ inches (31.1 - 31.8 cm), and those with a diameter between 14 and 15 inches (35.6 cm - 38.1 cm). The present bowl belongs to the latter group, which is the rarer of the two. Other bowls of this immense scale include a pair from the Sir Percival David Foundation, now in the collection of the British Museum (coll. no. PDF, A.522); an example in the Shanghai Museum published in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, cat. no. 238; one sold in our London rooms, 14th March 1972, lot 150; an example from the Earl Morse Collection sold in these rooms, 24th March 1998, lot 661; a third sold at Christie's New York, 29th March 2006, lot 515; and another sold at Christie's New York, 20th-21st March 2014, lot 2178. Another of this type from the Meiyintang Collection sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th April 2013, lot 2.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 12 sept. 2018, 10:30 AM