YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Compare the similar pair of dishes illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics, vol. 3, Geneva, 1972, nos. A476-477, where the author refers to the 'Yung Cheng List' of porcelains supplied to the Court which included both plain and incised purple-brown-glazed wares. See, also, another pair illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 2, London, 1994, p. 229, no. 892. A single dish in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, is illustrated in the Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Ch'ing Monochromes, Taipei, 1981, p. 99, no. 45.

A pair of similar dishes from the Goldschmidt Collection was sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 69, and another pair from the Jingguantang Collection was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3 November 1996, lot 562.