Lot 400. A Fine and Rare Blue-Glazed Dish, Wanli Mark and Period; 25.5cm., 10in. Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 GBP. Lot sold 30,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the rounded sides rising from a straight foot, covered with a deep blue glaze stopping at the footrim, the white base incised with a six-character Wanli mark within a double-circle.

Provenance: Collection of R. H. R. Palmer, no. 91.
Sotheby's London, 28th May 1968, lot 110.
Collection of E. T. Hall, no. 312.

Christie's London, 7th June 2004, lot 250.

Exhibited: Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948, cat. no. 46.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. London, 07 nov. 2012