A famille rose and gilt enameled Eight Immortals dish, Xianfeng six-character mark and of the period. Estimate US$ 8,000 - 12,000 (€7,100 - 11,000). Photo: Bonhams.

Displaying crossed vajras within a lotus flower roundel and a band of shou-characters separating the Eight Buddhist Treasures below the rim, the exterior walls encircled by the Eight Immortals set against bodhi leaves in various colors amid jeweled pendants, animal heads, rocks and waves, the mark on the recessed base written in iron red regular script. 6 1/4in (15.9cm) diameter

Notes: For a bowl in the Qing Court collection, of the same pattern and same mark written in regular script, see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji 39: Falangcai Fencai (The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 39: Porcelains with Cloisonné Enamel Decoration and Famille Rose Decoration), no. 225, p. 254 (17.5cm diameter). A bowl of the same pattern, but displaying a Xianfeng reign mark written in iron red seal script, was sold in Bonhams, London, Sale 18981, 10 November 2011, lot 262.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE WORKS OF ART AND PAINTINGS, 23 Jun 2015 10:00 PDT - SAN FRANCISCO