A yellow-glazed dish, Hongzhi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1488-1505)
Lot 154. A yellow-glazed dish, Hongzhi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1488-1505); 8 ¼ in. (21 cm) diam. Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000. Price realised GBP 56,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The finely potted dish with rounded sides and a slightly everted rim is covered inside and out with a glaze of soft yellow tone.
Provenance: Acquired in Germany before 1989.
Literature: Dr. Gunhild Gabbert Avitabile, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland, Chinesische und japanische Cloisonné – und Champlevé-Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900, Germany, 1981, p. 62, cat. no. 17.
Note: A similar example is illustrated in Avitabile, Die Ware aus dem Teufelsland: Chinesische und japanische Cloisonné - und - Champlevé Arbeiten von 1400 bis 1900, no. 17, p. 62-3; and Lin, Chinese Incense Burners: Collection of Steven Hung and Lindy Chern, no. 13, p. 45.
Christie's. Important Chinese Art, London, 3 November 2020