A blue and white dish, Kangxi period. Estimate £700 - 1,000 (€950 - 1,400). Photo Bonhams

Painted with four blossoming trees encircling a central lotus spray roundel, all within borders of stylised entwined lotus sprays and foliage and a demi flowerhead pattern band at the rim. 38cm (15in) diam.

Provenance: An English private collection, acquired prior to the 1930s by repute, and thence by descent.

Note: For an identical blue and white dish see D.F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain: Chine de Commande, London 1974, pl. 69.