A yellow-glazed dish, Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1522-1566). Estimate $6,000 – $8,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015.

The dish has rounded sides that rise in a curve to the everted rim, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of rich egg yolk-yellow color. 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Michael L. Vermeer, Atlanta, Georgia.

Note: Yellow-glazed dishes of this type with Jiajing marks were made in various sizes, and several of smaller size have been sold at Christie's New York: a single dish, 20 September 2005, lot 267 (6 1/8 in. diam.); a pair, 19 September 2007, lot 283 (7 in. diam.); and another pair, 22 March 2012, lot 1980 (6 7/16 in. diam.). 

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 17 - 18 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza