Lot 433. A Famille-Verte 'Longevity' dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 15 3/4 in., 40 cm. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 USD. Lot sold 81,250 USD. Photo Sotheby's

enameled to the interior with a scene of Magu, the Goddess of Longevity, standing beside a spotted deer pulling a cart holding a wine jar with lotus leaf cover, followed by a female attendant carrying a staff suspending a bundle of scrolls and lingzhi tied with ribbons, below iron-red bats in flight, the exterior of the dish decorated with wide bands of stylized shou characters, apocryphal Chenghua mark within a double circle. 

Provenance: A New England estate, 1973.

Note: A dish with almost identical size and design is illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 112, no. 102; and another in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai, 1996, pl. 98.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM