A small lemon-yellow-glazed saucer, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period

The thinly-potted body with gently-rounded sides covered with a vibrant lemon-yellow glaze, stopping at the foot ring.  8cm (3in) diam. Sold for £14,400

Provenance: R.H.R.Palmer.
Palmer Inventory no.242, where it is stated that the saucer was purchased in 1931 for £6.10s.

A very similar pair of saucers from the Meiyintang Collection is illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, Vol.II, Catalogue no.909, where it is noted that such saucers would have probably been used with matching bowls, such as lot 51. Another saucer from the Baur Collection is illlustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Vol.II, Geneva, 1999, p.224, fig.330.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 14 May 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com