Lot 60. A Ming yellow-glazed dish, Hongzhi six-character mark in underglaze-blue within double circles and of the period (1488-1505). Estimate £15,000 - £25,000 ($21,855 - $36,425). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The interior and exterior of the dish are decorated with an even pale yellow glaze, supported on a short tapered foot. 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance: From the collection of an English gentleman of title. Acquired prior to the 1950s and thence by descent within the family.

Note: See a similar Hongzhi mark and period yellow-glazed dish in the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, p. 447, no. 774; and another one in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, illustrated by D. Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, Fribourg, 1986, pl. 113.

Christie's. INSPIRED THEMES: A FINE SELECTION OF CHINESE WORKS OF ART, 10 May 2016, London, King Street