This bowl belongs to a group of vessels of varying forms known in English-language literature as “Brinjal bowls”. Most bear an underglaze-blue workshop or factory mark on the base, a practice frequently encountered from the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) onwards. Referring to a bowl bearing a Tianqi reign mark (1621–1627) in the Avery Brundage Collection, the art historian Stephen Little favours dating these wares to the late Transitional period.
A closely related bowl is illustrated by Luisa Vinhais and Jorge Welsh in Biscuit: Refined Chinese Famille Verte Wares, Jorge Welsh Books, London and Lisbon, October 2012, p. 78, no. 8.
This bowl belongs to a group of vessels of varying forms known in English-language literature as “Brinjal bowls”. Most bear an underglaze-blue workshop or factory mark on the base, a practice frequently encountered from the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) onwards. Referring to a bowl bearing a Tianqi reign mark (1621–1627) in the Avery Brundage Collection, the art historian Stephen Little favours dating these wares to the late Transitional period.