Lot 188. A wucai 'Monkey and Deer' dish, Ming dynasty, Tianqi period (1621-1627); 20.2cm., 8in. Estimate 500 — 800 GBP. Lot sold 1,750 GBP. © Sotheby's

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted flaring rim, brightly decorated to the interior with a monkey and deer beside a peach tree issuing from rockwork, with a bird flying overhead, all within foliate panels reserved on a chequerboard ground, the base with an underglaze-blue apocryphal Chenghua mark

The Julian Thompson Study Collection.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014