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

A pair of similar dishes was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 17 May 1988, lot 95. Compare also a pair of dishes included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. exhibition of Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, 1977, Catalogue no. 35, with Kangxi reign marks and the same decoration on a yellow ground; also the Ming prototype illustrated by Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Mingdai Bufen, p. 140, fig. 147, with a Wanli reign mark and a yellow ground.