Lot 31. A small blue-glazed dish, underglaze-blue Yongzheng six-character mark within a double circle and of the period (1723-35); 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 2,270. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004

With shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a straight rim, covered overall in an even deep cobalt blue glaze thinning to white towards the rim and stopping neatly around the foot, the base glazed white. 

Provenance: E. T. Hall Collection, no. 329. 

Christie's. Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late E. T. Hall, London, 7 June 2004