A RARE MING-STYLE WHITE-GLAZED DEEP BOWL
Xuande six-character mark, Kangxi
Elegantly potted with deep rounded sides rising from a tall slightly inward-tapering foot, covered in a bluish-white glaze.
16cm (6 1/4in) diam.
Footnotes:
清康熙 白釉蓮子碗
青花「大明宣德年製」楷書款

Provenance: Mrs Ann Stokes
Sotheby's London, 18 May 1971, lot 179 (dated as Xuande mark and of the period), acquired through William Clayton Ltd., London, 20 May 1971 (invoice)
John E. Bodie OBE (1930-2023), London, collection no.61

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Monochromes, London, 16 April - 20 June 2009, no.128 (label). John E. Bodie loaned 8 pieces to this exhibition.

來源：Ann Stokes夫人
倫敦蘇富比，1971年5月18日，拍品編號179（斷代為宣德款及時期），從倫敦William Clayton Ltd.處獲得，1971年5月20日（據收據）
大英帝國官佐勳章獲勳人John E. Bodie(1930-2023)，倫敦，藏品編號61

展覽著錄：東方陶瓷學會，《The World in Monochromes》，倫敦，2009年4月16-6月20日，編號128（據標籤）。John E. Bodie曾借展8件藏品給該展覽。

The present bowl would have been based on a prototype of the early Ming dynasty, when the use of white-glazed vessels during the Xuande period extended beyond mere utility. At the time, these vessels served as tangible expressions of filial piety and Imperial virtue, reflecting the emperor's solemn duty to honour his forebears. The purity and simplicity of the white glaze conveyed a sense of reverence and solemnity, making these vessels suitable for ceremonial and ritualistic purposes within the Imperial court.

For a white-glazed bowl, Xuande mark and of the period, see the example in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 1999, p.113, no.103; see also a white-glazed bowl, Xuande mark and of the period, illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p.122, no.4:2.

In good condition overall; minor firing imperfections including a small firing spot in the interior, and general surface wear.