A yellow-glazed saucer-dish. Hongzhi six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams

Raised on a slightly tapering foot with rounded sides, the interior and underside covered with a bright lemon-yellow glaze. 21.1cm (8 3/8in) diam. Estimate: £7,000 - 10,000 (CNY 70,000 - 100,000) (HK$ 86,000 - 120,000)

明弘治 黃釉盤 青花「大明弘治年製」楷書款

Provenance: an English private collection

Compare also a very similar saucer-dish illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p.186, no.7:20.

Bonhams. 17 May 2012 10 a.m. London, New Bond Street. Fine Chinese Art