YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

A Yongzheng-marked dish of this rare form, but covered with a lemon-yellow glaze, is illustrated in The Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, vol. 2, p. 222, no. 327. See, also, a pink-glazed pair of the same form with Yongzheng marks from the Ranney School, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, sold in these rooms, 2 June 1989, lot 206. A Qianlong-marked dish of the more standard chrysanthemum petal form covered in a pale turquoise glaze similar to that of the present lot is illustrated ibid., no. 326.