Property from an Important California Collection
A 'famille-rose' saucer dish, Chinese, probably Yongzheng (1723-35)
with gently rounded sides rising from a tapering foot, the interior centered with an iron-red blossom growing from a leafy stalk amidst a ground of foliate meander within a band of blue, the exterior decorated with four further blossoms painted in colorful enamels,
six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double square
Height 15/16 in. (2.38 cm.)
Diameter 3.25 in. (8.25 cm.)