YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Yongzheng dishes of this design were made in two sizes. Compare a pair of smaller dishes (11.1 cm.) sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3919. Larger versions, similer size to the current dish, include one in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, 1996, pl. 591; and another pair from the Falk Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 16 October 2001, lot 156.