Lot 355. A pair of iron-red enamelled 'Shoulao' dishes, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 20cm., 7 7/8 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

each with shallow rounded sides, finely enamelled to the centre with the Immortal Shoulao seated beside a spotted deer and a basket of peaches, within a border of the 'hundred bats' at the rim, the underside with lotus lappets and a floret border, wood stands. Quantité: 4.

Provenance: Antiquaire Tournet, Paris, circa 1946.
Collection of Comte de Marotte, Paris. 
Thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 13 may 2015, 11:00 AM