Lot 207. A blue and white 'Flower scroll' dish, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850); 13.7 cm, 5 3/8  in. Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000. Lot Sold: £15,000. © Sotheby's

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot, finely painted in cobalt blue with the 'heaping and piling' effect, the interior with a medallion enclosing a central peony surrounded by peony and lotus blooms amongst meandering leafy branches, encircled by a composite floral scroll below a classic scroll band at the rim, separated by two double circles, the exterior with a similar floral scroll between bands of key fret and classic scrolls, the base inscribed with a seal mark in undeglaze blue.

Provenance: Acquired in Shanghai or Tianjin in the 1930s by a British gentleman in the tobacco industry, by repute.

Sotheby's. St George Street Sale: Chinese Art, London, 10 November 2017