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A YELLOW-GLAZED DISH
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The dish is potted with a slightly everted rim and covered overall with a rich, Monochrome yellow glazes were typically used to decorate dishes and
yellow glaze. bowls in the late ffteenth-sixteenth centuries. Although they are believed
6√ in. (17.5 cm.) diam. to have been manufactured for the sole use of the Imperial court, it appears
that some also found their way abroad, probably as diplomatic gifts. John
Alexander Pope mentions in Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine,
$25,000-35,000
Washington, 1956, p. 151, that there are sixteen monochrome yellow-glazed
wares amongst the Chinese porcelains dedicated to the Ardebil Shrine by
PROVENANCE Shah Abbas in 1611. These sixteen pieces date to the Hongzhi, Zhengde,
Bluett & Son, London, 15 July 1991. Jiajing and Wanli periods.
Private collection, England.
A slightly larger yellow-glazed dish with Jiajing mark and of the period was
sold at Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 98.
明嘉靖 黃釉盤 雙圈六字楷書款

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