Lot 581. A Large Polychrome Dish, Ming Dynasty, 16th Century; 37.5cm., 14 3/4 in. Estimate 3,000—4,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,625 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008.

the rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a slightly everted rim, freely painted to the interior with a ruyi medallion enclosing a rocky landscape scene depicting a boat crossing a lake filled with lotus, all within a trellis-diaper band at the rim, the exterior with four similar scenes, the base with an underglaze-blue four-character 'shu fu chi chi' 

Exhibited: Kunst Industri Museet, Copenhagen, 1950.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 856.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures, a Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including The Carl Kempe Collection. The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 1035.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. 05 Nov 08. London.