Lot 1359. A fine pair of small green-decorated yellow-ground dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 87,500. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2013. 

Each has shallow rounded sides incised on the exterior with six stylized hibiscus sprays covered in a green enamel and on a lemon-yellow ground that also covers the interior, box.

Note: A very similar dish, but with a Kangxi mark, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum- Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains and Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Shanghai, 2009, p.144, no. 118. See, also, the similar Yongzheng-marked dish, but of slightly larger size (15.8 cm.), sold at Christie's New York, 18 September 2003, lot 360.

Christie’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013