A doucai dish. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period - Photo Sotheby's

the interior painted with two ladies, one seated at a table with a qin and the other standing behind, in a terraced garden, all encircled by the Three Friends of Winter, the exterior with bamboo branches, inscribed to the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a double-circle; 20.9cm., 8 1/4 in. Estimation: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP. Unsold

PROVENANCE: An English Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. London | 07 nov. 2012 www.sothebys.com