A WHITE-GLAZED DISH MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE

of finely potted saucer shape, the gently rounded sides resting on a tapered foot and rising to an everted rim, covered overall in a bright, even white glaze stopping neatly at the footring, inscribed on the base with the six-character mark in underglaze-blue within a double-circle

Compare a white-glazed Xuande dish of slightly larger size from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark, sold in these rooms, 17th May 1988, lot 33; and again 27th October 1992, lot 46.  See also a similar dish in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in The Special Exhibition of Hsuan-te wares, Taipei, 1980, cat.no.120.