Details A VERY RARE AND FINE FAMILLE ROSE BLACK-BACK FLOWERS AND BIRDS’ DISHYONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)The dish is decorated on the interior with two pairs of birds amongst prunus blossoms, with one bird in flight and three birds perched on pink and white prunus branches interspersed with bamboo. The exterior is covered with black enamel.7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm.) diam. Provenance Yamanaka & Co., London, July 1936, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 422 Literature The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, London, 1951, p. 10, cat. no. 65Bonham’s, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970, London, 2021, pp. 56-59, no. 16 Exhibited London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty 1644-1912, 23 May – 21 July 1951, no. 65Bonham’s London, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan Exhibition, 25 October – 2 November 2021 Conditions of sale