Lot 2842. A Ming-style blue and white ‘Floral scroll’ dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 10.½ in. (26.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 300,000 - HKD 500,000. Price realised HKD 600,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.

The dish is finely painted on the interior with composite floral blooms borne on meandering stems in the centre, enclosed within a band of composite floral scroll on the well underneath a classic scroll around the mouth. The exterior is similarly decorated with a composite floral scroll below a keyfret chain around the mouth and above a classic scroll on the foot, box.

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 3130.