Lot 94. A pair of doucai 'lotus pond' dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€10,000 - 16,000). Unsold. Photo: Bonhams.

Each enamelled in vivid colours, the interior decorated with a scene of a lotus pond depicting a pair of swimming ducks, beside blossoming lotus flowers and lotus leaves, surrounded by a similar continuous scene around the deeply rounded cavetto, the exterior with four scattered floral sprigs. Each 20.2cm (8in) diam.(2).

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

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