Lot 345. A pair of fine small aubergine-glazed incised saucer dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735). Photo Christie's Image 2003

Thinly potted with rounded sides, the exterior finely incised with the ribbon-tied bajixiang, covered overall with a rich aubergine glaze - 4½in. (11.5cm.) diam. (2). Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. Price Realized $26,290

Property from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III

Notes: Compare the similar pair of dishes illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972, nos. A476-477, where the author refers to the 'Yung Cheng List' of porcelains supplied to the Court which included both plain and incised purple-brown-glazed wares. See, also, another pair illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 229, no. 892. A single dish in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, is illustrated in the Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Monochromes, Taipei, 1981, p. 99, no. 45.

A pair of similar dishes from the Goldschmidt Collection was sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 69, and another pair from the Jingguantang Collection was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3 November 1996, lot 562. 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 September 2003, New York, Rockefeller Plaza