A blue and white 'Lotus' bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014

It is decorated to the exterior with lotus flowers and buds on scrolling meander, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a lotus flower on a leafy spray. With apocryphal Chenghua underglaze blue six-character mark within a double circle to the base.4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam.. Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,374 - $5,061)

Provenance: With Vandervan Oriental Art,’ s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 2 July 1998.

Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 14 May 2014, London, South Kensington - http://www.christies.com/