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

The same decoration on the exterior of this pair of dishes can be seen on a celadon-ground bowl in the Percival David Foundation illustrated by Lady David in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Enamelled Ware, London, 1973, pl. IV, no. 840 (erroneously numbered 839), and later sold at Christie's New York, 15-16 September 2011, lot 1508. The bowl had an apocryphal da ming nian zhi mark, but was dated to the 18th century. A bowl and cover, also with the decoration on a celadon ground, in the Qing Court collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelain in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no. 152, has Kangxi marks, as did another bowl and cover, sold at Christie's New York, 18-19 March 2009, lot 563.