Lot 23. A blue-glazed dish, underglaze-blue Xuande six-character mark within a double circle, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500. Price realised GBP 1,135. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004

With shallow rounded sides rising from a tapering foot to a flaring rim, covered overall in a rich cobalt blue glaze thinning to white towards the rim and stopping neatly around the foot, the base glazed white. 

Provenance: E. T. Hall Collection, no. 321. 

Christie's. Chinese Monochrome Porcelain from the Collection of the late E. T. Hall, London, 7 June 2004