Lot 518. A yellow-glazed dish, Zhengde mark and period (1506-1521). Diameter 7 1/8  in., 18 cm. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a slightly everted rim, applied overall with a semi-translucent yellow glaze of rich egg-yolk tone, save for the base left white with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double ring.

Provenance: John Sparks Ltd., London.
Collection of Sidney T. Cook (1910-1964), and thence by descent.