Lot 160. A Ming-style blue and white 'Lotus-bouquet' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 13 5/8  in., 34.5 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 10,000 USD. Lot sold 15,000 USD. © Sotheby's.

the shallow-rounded sides rising from a flat base and a tapered foot, painted on the interior with a 'lotus-bouquet' below a frieze of composite foliate scroll in the well and a band of classic scroll on the rim, with a further band of composite foliate scroll on the exterior, six-character mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Acquired from Senator Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania, 1987, and thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York, 19 march 2013