Asian Art I - 16th November 2011

Lot 734

A large Chinese yellow ground saucer dish six character Zhengde mark and of the period 1506-21

Estimate £6,000 - £10,000 | Hammer £9500

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Description

A large Chinese yellow ground saucer dish six character Zhengde mark and of the period 1506-21, finely potted with rounded sides rising to an everted rim, covered with an even coloured glaze to the inside and out, faint rim cracks and some surface wear, 21.4cm. Provenance: an English private collection, purchased Sotheby's 17th December 1980, lot 617. Cf. J Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, p.205, no.8:27.