A cinnabar lacquer circular dish. Ming Dynasty, 16th century. Photo Bonhams

The well elegantly decorated with four Buddhistic lions playing with a central brocade ball, the threads sinuously flowing around them, all reserved on a brown, incised brocade-pattern ground and framed by the key-fret pattern below the rim; the exterior carved with scrolling lotus in high relief. 14.7cm (5¾in) diam - Estimate: £10,000 - 12,000 (HK$ 120,000 - 140,000) (€13,000 - 15,000)

Bonhams. 5 Sep 2012 11 a.m. London, Knightsbridge. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art