The bowl with an apocryphal Yongle four-character incised mark.
bowl: 9.4 cm. (3³⁄₄ in.) diam.
vase: 15.7 cm. (6¹⁄₈ in.) high

The bowl:
With Bluett & Sons, London, February 1946 (as recorded in the RHRP ledger).
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 608 (according to label and as recorded in the RHRP ledger).

The vase:
With Peter Boode, London, June 1947 (as recorded in the RHRP ledger).
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 619 (according to label and as recorded in the RHRP ledger).

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The present bowl emulates the renowned tianbai (“sweet white”) glaze and anhua (secret decoration) technique characteristic of Yongle-period porcelain. Archival sources, including the Ledgers of Work Done (Zaobanchu huoji dang) from the Qianlong reign, record that comparable vessels were displayed in palace halls such as Ning Shou Gong, often mounted on stands. Such practices reflect the Qing court’s sustained admiration for, and deliberate revival of, early Ming aesthetic ideals.