KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

A similar dish, also with Kangxi mark, formerly in the Grandidier Collection and now in the collection of the Musée Guimet, Paris, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, vol. 7, Tokyo, 1981, col. pl. 86. Another example, with Yongzheng mark, is illustrated in Gems of Chinese Art: Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 1992, pl. 106. See, also, the similar Kangxi-marked doucai dish sold in our London rooms, 6 November 2007, lot 174.