Lot 527. A yellow-glazed dish, Hongzhi mark and period (1488-1505). Diameter 8⅜ in., 21.8 cm. Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold 31,500 USD. © Sotheby's 2020.
the rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, glazed overall in a rich translucent egg-yolk yellow thinning at the rim, the recessed base glazed white and with a six-character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue.
Provenance: John Sparks Ltd. or Peter Boode, London (by repute), prior to 1955.
Collection of Rudolph Jakob Schmid (1903-1999) and Gertrude Emilie Spälty (1907-1994), and thence by descent.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Live Auction, 23 September 2020, New York
