Lot 92. A doucai 'lotus pond' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€10,000 - 16,000). Unsold. Photo Bonhams.

The interior delicately enamelled in a soft palette with two birds flying and swimming in a lotus pond with stalks rising amidst the waves, the cavetto inscribed with a band of stylised Shou characters, the exterior with further birds amidst lotus stalks. 17.2cm (6 7/8in) diam.

Provenance: a European private collection, acquired between 1960-70, and thence by descent 

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET