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It is claimed that the most beautiful yellow porcelains were produced during the Hongzhi reign (1470-1505), (the great-grandfather of Wanli), a period famous for having produced the best monochrome of the Ming Dynasty At this time, Ming porcelain was developed into ceramics that were stable, subtle marigold yellow, requiring great skill and workmanship necessary to stabilize the monochrome gas by controlling firing temperatures For the next 100 years, the application of such yellow colorants (iron oxide) continued, until Qing’s emperors began to favour the production of antimonous oxide yellow ware during the 18th century. The iron oxide yellow glaze ware, exemplified by this bowl, is extremely rare, compared to the blue-and-white porcelain as well as other forms of monochrome during the entire Ming and Qing Dynasties
