A Large Famille Verte Dish. Kangxi Period  (1662-1722).  photo Christie's Ltd 2011

With rounded sides, the center finely painted with a scene of Magu holding a large peach standing beside a female attendant holding a tray containing a jue while another attendant carries a staff hung with a ribbon-tied double-gourd flask and a scroll, in the foreground a stag pulls a cart holding a wine jar with lotus leaf cover, the exterior painted in iron red, pale yellow and turquoise with continuous lotus scroll supporting the bajixiang alternating with gilt shou characters, with an apocryphal Chenghua mark on the base; 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) diam., box. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000 - Price Realized $74,500

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I & II,  15 - 16 September 2011. New York, Rockefeller Plaza. www.christies.com