Lot 148. A blue and white 'lotus bouquet' dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th century; 27.8cm., 11in. Estimate 200,000-300,000 GBP. Lot sold 241,250 GBP . Photo Sotheby's the rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a lipped rim, painted in the centre in vivid...

A large blue and white 'lotus bouquet' dish. Yongle The central medallion vividly painted in cobalt blue showing characteristic 'heaping and piling' with a ribboned bouquet of lotus flowers and arrowhead plants, the cavetto painted with a composite floral...