Lot 3649. A rare and exquisitely enamelled ruby-ground 'chrysanthemum' dish, Yongzheng blue-enamelled four-character mark within double-squares and of the period (1723-1735); 4 1/4 in. (10.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 1,500,000 - HKD 2,000,000. Price realised HKD 2,420,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2011

Finely potted with rounded shallow sides rising from the wedge-shaped foot ring, delicately enamelled with lemon-yellow chrysanthemum growing from leafy sprays against a ruby-red ground on the exterior, the interior with a transparent glaze, the underside with the four-character reign mark enamelled in blue, box.