Lot 143. A pair of Ming-style blue and white and copper-red 'peach' dishes, Qianlong six-character seals mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate £600-1,000 ($865 - $1,442). Lot sold £2,500 ($3,610). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

Each dish is moulded with rounded sides, the centre painted in Ming style with simulated 'heaping and piling' with three gnarled branches bearing three peaches each, centring a single finger citron, the reverse with three single peaches. 8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) diam..

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