Lot 220. A doucai' 'wufu' saucer dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735); diameter 6 1/8 in., 15.4cm. Est. 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 32,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.

with shallow rounded sides, the center decorated with the wufu in iron-red, hovering about the branches of a fruiting peach tree growing from a blue cliff, above crested waves enameled in bright green, the underside with bats in pairs between fruit sprays enameled in yellow, green and aubergine, each reserved with a shou medallion.

Provenance: Collection of Gertrude Morgenroth. 
Thence by descent to the present owner..

Note: A pair of saucer dishes of identical size and design and also with a Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period from the E.T. Chow Collection was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1981, lot 557.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. 16 Sep 09. New York.