A yellow-ground dish, Mark and period of Jiajing. Photo: Sotheby's.

the shallow rounded sides rising from a low tapered foot to an everted rim, applied overall with a smooth egg-yolk yellow glaze pooling slightly to a darker amber tone towards the footring, the slightly convex base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles; 17.4 cm., 6 7/8  in. Estimation 300,000 -500,000 HKD. Unsold

Provenance: Mayuyama & Co., Ltd., Tokyo.