Lot 2805. Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection. A rare yellow-ground green-enamelled incised 'Daoist figures' bowl, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1522-1566); 16.6 cm diam. Price realised HKD 756,000 (Estimate HKD 800,000 – HKD 1,200,000) © Christie's Images Ltd 2024

Provenance: Carl Kempe Collection
Sold at Sotheby's Paris, 12 June 2008, lot 4
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012 lot 3985.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 842
Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including The Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, p. 312, no. 1023

Note: It is recorded in the Jiangxi Gazetteer: Pottery Records that “blue and white jars decorated with performers” were produced in the thirtieth year of the Jiajing reign (1551), which is similar to the pattern of the present lot.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2024