A fine pair of café-au-lait saucers. Marks and period of Yongzheng

A fine pair of café-au-lait saucers. Marks and period of Yongzheng. Photo Sotheby's

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; 11.5 cm., 4 1/2 in. Estimate 600,000—800,000 HKD. Lot Sold 800,000 HKD

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

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

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

NOTE: 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.

Sotheby's. The Meiyintang Collection - An Important Selection of Imperial Chinese Porcelains. 07 Apr 11. Hong Kong www.sothebys.com