Lot 3008. A yellow glass lotus-shaped washer, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 7.3 cm., 2 7/8  in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 HKD. Lot sold 212,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2013

carved in the form of a circular lotus pad sheltering a small frog nestled in its centre, the underside detailed with veins and curling leafy stems, one of them issuing a small lotus forming an openwork tab-handle at the rim, the opaque glass stained to a warm lemon-yellow colour.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 Oct 2013