Lot 140. The Leshantang Collection. A blue and white 'mandarin duck and lotus' dish, Mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 17.4 cm. Lot Sold 635,000 HKD (Estimate 500,000 - 700,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2024

finely potted with shallow rounded sides rising from a countersunk base enclosed by an unglazed footring, the interior painted with a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in a pond amongst large lotus blooms with broad furled leaves and tall aquatic grasses, the exterior with a matching frieze of four ducks swimming across gently rippled water between sprays of lotus, below a band enclosing six dragons and pearls at the rim, the decoration executed in fine outline filled with three graded tones of wash, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1st November 1999, lot 381.