Lot 139. A pair of blue and white 'Duck and Lotus pond' plates, Kangxi six-character marks within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722). Estimate £800 - £1,200 ($1,154 - $1,730). Price Realized £1,625 ($2,347). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

Each plate is decorated with a pair of ducks in a lotus pond with reeds overhanging from the river-bank, bordered by a band of pine and branches at the rim. The reverse painted with four various branches. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diam. 

Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES PART I, 11 May 2016, London, South Kensington