A FINE PAIR OF CAFE-AU-LAIT SAUCERS MARKS AND PERIOD OF YONGZHENG

each dish of shallow form with rounded sides issuing from a slightly tapering foot, coated on the outside in a very pale brown glaze, leaving the interior and base white, the latter inscribed with the six-character mark within a double circle

Collection of Edward T. Chow.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th May 1981, lot 522.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16th November 1988, lot 266.

Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, The British Museum, London, 1994.

Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, no. 816.

There appears that there might be a very faint 1 cm hairline crack to the rim of one of the dishes. It is only visible on the exterior under strong light and is virtually invisible on the interior. Otherwise the condition of both dishes is very good.
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A similar pair of saucers with a darker café-au-lait glaze, from the Geoffrey Hutchinson and E.T. Hall collections, was sold at Christie's London, 7th June 2004, lot 221.