Lot Essay
Examples of similar dishes, more commonly marked within a double square, are illustrated in An Exhibition of Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Christie's, 1993, Catalogue, no.92; Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, front cover and p.242, fig.3; Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol.5, fig.226 and Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, pl.LVI, fig.1, from the British Museum; Oriental Ceramics, vol.8, col.pl.;67, from the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm; Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, p.82; Exhibition of Masterpieces of Chinese Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago, Japan, 1989, Catalogue, no.94; Exhibition of Famous Pieces of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Matsuako Museum of Art, Osaka, Catalogue, no.84; and Chungoku Toji Zenshu, vol21, pl.98, from the Tianjin Museum of Art