Lot 1739. A Ming imperial yellow-glazed dish, Zhengde six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1506-1521); 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 125,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2007

With shallow rounded sides rising from a wedge-shaped foot, covered inside and out with a yellow glaze of rich egg-yolk tone, the base with a transparent glaze, box.  

Note: Comparable Zhengde yellow-glazed dishes of this unusually large size include one which is illustrated in the Asia Society Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, p. 79 (lower right); and another from the Collection of Mrs. James Alsdorf, sold in these Rooms, 23 March 1993, lot 732. Dishes of smaller size are more commonly found, such as the example from the Eli Lilly Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, illustrated in the Catalogue, 1983, no. 98; and another illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection, London, 1985, no. 69.