Note: Yellow-glazed wares were reserved for the exclusive use of the emperor and their production at Jingdezhen was under official orders.

The present bowl is unusual as it is rare to find yellow-glazed wares with incised dragon designs. Most monochrome bowls and dishes do not have further decoration. Cf. a number of yellow-glazed Hongzhi-marked bowls, one from the Qing court collection, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 138; and another from the Percival David Foundation, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, La Porcelaine Ming, Fribourg, 1978, p. 111, pl. 93. Three yellow-glazed dishes are in the British Museum, illustrated by J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, pp. 185-186, pls. 7:18-20.