Lot 325. A blue and white 'Lotus' dish, Tongzhi mark and period (1861-1875). Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the interior painted with three lotus blossoms borne on  undulating stems issuing further blooms and twisting leaves all below a band of demi-flowerheads interspersed with foliate motifs around the lipped rim, repeated around the underside, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. Diameter 6 3/8  in., 16.2 cm

Provenance: Beijing collector, acquired in the 1940s.
Gifted to a Canadian missionary family, China, 1970s and thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM