Lot 43. A pair of doucai 'lotus pond' dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000 (€3,400 - 5,600 ). 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. 20.2cm (8in) diam. (2).

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

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 10 november 2016, 10:30 GMT, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET