Lot 98. A 'Famille-Verte' Saucer Dish, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722); 15.9cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 4,375 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

brightly enamelled to the interior with a scholar leaning on rockwork and sipping a cup of wine, all within a fenced garden, the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a circle. 

Provenance: Commander F Warrington-Strong DSC.

Literature and references: Compare to two dishes similarly painted with Chenghua marks in Li Yi-Hua Qing Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, pl. 56 and pl. 57, pp 227 and 228