A BLUE AND WHITE DISH
YONGZHENG MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD
The center decorated with a fretwork cross enclosing a double-peach spray and separating four ruyi-and-peach sprays, within double line borders, with a further band of fretwork encircling the exterior between a keyfret band below and a band of detached 'C' scrolls and dots above--8 1/4 in. (20.8cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
A dish of this pattern of slightly smaller size and with a yellow enameled ground is illustrated by Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol. IV, no. pl. A 579, 580