Lot 50. A yellow-glazed dish, Hongzhi six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1488-1505); 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm). Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 10,000 (USD 6,485 - USD 12,970). Price realised GBP 7,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019

The dish is finely potted with rounded sides and a slightly flared rim. The interior and exterior are covered with a glaze of soft yellow tone which stops above the short, tapered foot rim.

Provenance: Private collection in North America, acquired in the early 1940s and thence by descent within the family.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 5 November 2019