Lot 3212. A Ge-type glazed foliate dish, Yuan-Ming dynasty (1279-1644); 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm). Estimate 300,000 - HK$500,000 ($38,852 - $64,753). Price Realized HK$8,800,000 ($1,139,644). © Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The dish is potted with shallow gently curved sides rising to a six-lobed foliate rim, supported on a short slightly tapered foot. It is covered in an attractive pale greenish-beige glaze suffused with a dense network of dark crackles. 

Provenance: Max Müller (1867-1960), German Consul to Shanghai, and later Wuhan, during the late Qing period, who acquired the present lot in Shanghai between 1905-1908
Acquired by the current owner from the Consul's daughter, I. Müller-Doertenbach (1909-2011) in 1992 

CHRISTIE'S. THE IMPERIAL SALE & IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 3 June 2015, Convention Hall