painted with a central medallion enclosing a fruiting peach tree, its trunk twisted to form a shou character amid a setting of lingzhi, grasses, and decorative rocks, the dish's exterior with three further shou character peach trees interspersed by sprigs of lingzhi in underglaze-blue, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue. Width 5 5/8  in., 14.3 cm

Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Yau Tong Hak (according to label).

Note: A Qianlong doucai dish of this pattern was included in the exhibition Chi'ng Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1973, cat. no. 92. Dishes of this type and period sold in our London rooms, 1st-2nd April 1974, lot 324; in our Hong Kong rooms, 13th May 1976, lot 337, and 24th May 1978, lot 243; and at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th April 1997, lot 747. 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art New York, 15 Mar 2017