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

The design on the current dish is unusual and only a few examples appear to be recorded, including one in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum no. 695-1907; another slightly smaller in size (20.6 cm.), is illustrated in Porcelains from the Tianjin Municipal Museum, Hong Kong, 1993, pls 159 and 160; a third example illustrated in Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 15, 1983, p. 174, no. 191; a pair sold at Christie’s New York, 23 March 2012, lot 234; and one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2810, from the Dr James D. Thornton collection.