ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)

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A SMALL IMPERIAL YELLOW-GLAZED SAUCER DISH
ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)
With shallow rounded sides raised on a slightly tapered foot and rising to a slightly everted rim, covered inside and out with a glaze of lemon-yellow color, the glaze on the base with a blue-green tint
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

For a similar dish see J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 205, no. 8:27, where the author notes that this type of yellow glaze is often well-worn. Other Zhengde dishes with similar glaze were sold in these rooms, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1652, and 17 September 2008, lot 2027.

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