Lot 1396. A rare Ming blue and white basin, Jiajing six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1573-1619); 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 450,000 - HKD 550,000. Price realised HKD 600,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2006. 

The exterior painted with three registers of various musical instruments including theqin, cymbals, drum, musical stone, flute, pipa, sheng, and bell, interspersed with floral sprays below a band of cloud scrolls at the rim and lotus lappets above the foot ring, the interior with further musical instruments within double circles, below a band of flower scrolls below the interior rim, box.

Note: An identical dish was included in the National Palace Museum exhibition, Good Fortune, Long Life, Health and Peace: A Special Exhibition of Porcelains with Auspicious Designs, Taiwan, 1995, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 57.  

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 30 May 2006