Lot description
CHENGHUA SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1465-1487) The graceful form is potted with slightly rounded sides and gently-sloped shoulders well painted with continuous frieze of six plant sprays, comprising two groups of flowering asters, pinks and millet all growing on an undulating ground, with clumps of grass in between and a pair of butterflies hovering above, all between double-line borders, the lustrous glaze with a characteristic soft sheen with a light blue cast, the reign mark written in greyish-blue within double-circles on the base 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high, box
