Lot 95. A blue and white shallow dish, Chenghua six-character mark, circa 1630-1660; 26.6cm (10½ in) diam. Estimate £5,000 - 6,000 (€6,100 - 7,300). Sold for £ 8,750 (€ 10,006). Photo Bonhams.

Sturdily potted with steep sides rising to a metal-mounted, everted rim, the centre delicately painted with varying tones of cobalt blue, depicting a gathering of Scholars in an open pavilion overlooking a river bank, an attendant preparing tea just outside, all below a fourteen-character poem. 

Note: The poem reads:

水光映座傳佳茗
花氣侵人笑語香

This may be translated as:

The light shining on the water reflects on the exquisite tea,
The scent of flowers approaches, and people smile and make compliments about the fragrance.

Bonhams. ASIAN ART, London, Knightsbridge, 12 May 2014 - http://www.bonhams.com/