each bowl with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently everted rim, the exterior covered in a bright turquoise glaze, the interior and recessed base glazed white, the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double circle (2)

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, August 2004.

Manchester Art Gallery, England, possibly 1913 or 1924.

Karen Thomson, ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal, 2015, pls 151-152.

One bowl has a short firing line to the foot and a small chip to the footring. The other bowl has a small beige patch at the interior from firing. Otherwise, each bowl is in mostly good condition with only fine scratches to the surface, tiny scattered burst glaze bubbles, and light expected wear to the foot ring.
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