Lot 154. A red-glazed saucer-dish, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735); 14.8cm (5 7/8in) diam. Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 (€7,100 - 9,400). Photo: Bonhams. 

The curved body flaring outwards rising from a short recessed circular foot, the exterior evenly applied with a layer of deep crimson red glaze, the interior left white, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze-blue within double circles. 

Note: Compare with a similar but slightly larger red-glazed dish, Yongzheng mark and period, with white fish motif, illustrated in Monochrome Porcelain: The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 1999, p.28, no.25. See also another similar dish with a Yongzheng mark within double squares (acc.no.24.80.286), in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated by S.Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, Boston, 1975, p.221, no.157.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 11 May 2017, 11:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET