An Yixing stoneware shallow dish, Qing dynasty. Photo courtesy Bonhams.

The finely potted dish of shallow circular form supported on a short foot, smoothly finished to the interior, the exterior impressed with a narrow band of ruyi-head lappets, the base impressed with a two-character zhuanshu seal mark, the stoneware of a rich purple-brown. 23cm diam. Estimate HK$ 15,000 - 20,000 (€1,400 - 1,900)

Provenance 來源: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1983

The seal reads 'Xianwei', an unrecorded potter according to traditional Yixing connoisseurship.

For a smaller Yixing dish, similarly impressed with a square seal mark in the centre (of the potter Yigong), see Yixing Zisha Wares in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2009, p.260, pl.162.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong. 24 Nov 2013 14:00 CST - http://www.bonhams.com