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

Several similar dishes bearing this double-decoration are known, including one illustrated in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Tianminlou Collection, vol. 1, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 80; another in Imperial Perfection, The Palace Porcelains of Three Chinese Emperors: A Selection from the Wang Xing Lou Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, no. 28; and an example formerly from the British Rail Pension Fund which subsequently entered the Meiyintang Collection, illustrated in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, volume 4 (II), London, 2010, pp. 376-377, no. 1818. Also see examples of bowls decorated in this style, such as one example illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 67 and another example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2013, lot 2114.