Lot 156. A doucai ogee-form 'eight Daoist emblems' dish, Jiaqing seal mark and period (1796-1820). Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD. Lot sold: 18,900 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the flaring sides resting on a straight foot, the cavetto evenly spaced with 'Eight Daoist Emblems' each decorated with ribbons and a floral bough between underglaze-blue double-line borders, the well with a lobed medallion of green-enameled interlocking stems issuing peaches and lotus blossoms toward a central flowerhead, the reverse richly enameled with scrolling foliate vines bearing buds and blossoms, a band of upright ruyi heads encircling the foot, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021