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

Well potted with rounded sides rising from a tapering foot and the base slightly concave, the sides all covered with a rich even yellow glaze, the underside white. 22cm (8¾in) diam. Lot 3. Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000 / CNY 80,000 - 120,000 / HK$ 99,000 - 150,000

明嘉靖 黃釉盤 青花「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款

Provenance: L.Wannieck, Paris (label)
A European private collection and thence by descent

Compare a pair of smaller dishes with four-character Jiajing marks illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p.249, nos.9.75 and 9.76. Another similar but slightly smaller dish was sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 283.

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