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

Yongzheng-marked doucai dishes of this pattern appear to be extremely rare. Compare with three others; one in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, included in the exhibition, Joined Colors, Ceramics from Collectors in the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 61; one from the Goldschmidt Collection, sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 13 November 1990, lot 36; and another illustrated by R. Schmidt et al., Chinesische Keramik, pl. 122(d) where a fourth is recorded in Dresden. See, also, the almost identical dish of closely related size (18.3 cm.), sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27 October 2003, lot 657.