Lot 1319. A rare small white-glazed dish, Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1426-1435). Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The dish has shallow, rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted rim, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of milk-white tone. 6 5/8 in. (17 cm.) diam.

Provenance: John Alexander Pope Collection.
Sotheby's New York, 21 November 1973, lot 293.
Sotheby's New York, 20 March 1976, lot 117.
Dr. Peter M. Greiner (1940-2013) Collection.

Literature: Dr. Peter M. Greiner, A Walk into China's Past, Michigan, 1980, no. 60.

Exhibited: Battle Creek, Michigan, A Walk Into China's Past, 1980-1981, no. 60.

Notes: White-glazed dishes of Xuande date appear in different sizes. Smaller examples include one from the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, included in the Special Exhibition of Hsuan-te Wares, 1980, no. 120, and another from the Alfred Clarke and Jingguantang Collections (5 1/8 in.), sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 555. Dishes of the same size as the present dish include one in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sedgwick, included in the O.C.S. Exhibition of Monochrome Porcelain, London, 1948, no. 110, and one sold at Christie's New York, 29 November 1990, lot 174.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 September 2016, New York, Rockefeller Plaza