Lot 1389. A pair of blue and white dishes, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 33.8 cm. Estimated price €1.600 - €2.000. Result: €1.736. Courtesy Lempertz

Decorated with a scene from "The Romance of the Western Chamber" (Xi xiang ji) with two scholars on a terrace and a lady at a doorway in a rocky landscape, within a trellis pattern border reserved with panels of peach, pomegranate and Buddha's hand citron, the reverse with sprays of bamboo.

Provenance: Private collection, Rhineland, acquired from H. R. Hancock & Sons, London in the 1970s.

Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 14:00, Brussels