XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)

White-glazed dishes of Xuande date appear in different sizes. Smaller examples include one from the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, included in the Special Exhibition of Hsuan-te Wares, 1980, no. 120, and another from the Alfred Clarke and Jingguantang Collections (5 1/8 in.), sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 3 November 1996, lot 555. Dishes of the same size as the present dish include one in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sedgwick, included in the O.C.S. Exhibition of Monochrome Porcelain, London, 1948, no. 110, and one sold at Christie's New York, 29 November 1990, lot 174.