Lot 199. A Dutch-decorated Kakiemon-style Chinese dish, Qing dynasty, circa 1750; 22.8cm., 9in. Estimate 800 — 1,200 GBP. Lot sold 1,000 GBP. © Sotheby's.

the shallow rounded sides rising from a tapering foot to an everted rim, enamelled to the interior with a Kakiemon-style design of quail beneath overhanging flowers, all within a band of four quatrefoil panels enclosing pairs of quail and reserved on a dense prunus and cracked-ice ground, the exterior entirely plain.

The Julian Thompson Study Collection.

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