HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505)

Compare other Hongzhi-marked, yellow-glazed dishes of this size in the Avery Brundage Collection illustrated by Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, New York, 1981, pl. 113; illustrated in the Asia Society Handbook of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, Asia Society, New York, 1970, p. 79 (top); two in the Percival David Foundation, Catalogue, section 6, nos. 591 and 599; one from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. E.T. Hall included in the O.C.S. Jubilee Exhibition, The Ceramic Art of China, London, 1971, no. 161, pl. 114; one illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol. II, London, 1986, col. pl. 774; and one from the Tianminlou Collection included in the Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, no. 154.