Lot 40. A doucai 'narcissus' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735); 20.7cm., 8 1/4 in.. Estimate  20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500  GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

the curved sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, the interior painted in enamels and shades of cobalt blue, with narcissus growing from two ornamental pierced garden rocks, under two arching clusters of nandina berries, with a small sprig of lingzhi to the left, the exterior with further pierced ornamental rocks and lingzhi, bamboo, narcissus and nandina berries, the base inscribed with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

Property from an American Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 11 november 2015