Lot 468. A Ming-style blue and white 'Lotus' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 11 7/8 in., 30.3 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 11,875 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

the center painted with a medallion of lotus blossoms surrounded by scrolling foliage, the theme repeated on the wide flange below the cafe-au-lait dressed rim, the cavetto decorated with a band of ribbon-tied chimes alternating with bats, the exterior decorated with sprigs of bamboo and lingzhi, the six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Provenance: Collection of Ferdinand Howald (1856-1934).

Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK