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

While a number of Qianlong examples of this design have been published and sold at auction, Yongzheng blue and white examples such as the present dish appear to be rare. A similar blue and white example was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 31 October 2004, lot 176. And a dish of this rare pattern, with a yellow ground, in the Percival David Foundation is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. 7, Tokyo, 1987, no. 247. The painting of the peaches compares closely to that on a Yongzheng-marked blue and white baluster 'peach' vase from the collections of J. M. Hu and Robert Chang sold at Christie's Hong, Colours of Perfection, Important Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, 31 October 2000, lot 815.