Collection of Augustus the Strong. A large Chinese famille-verte dish, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

the shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a wide flaring rim, brightly enamelled to the interior with an octagonal panel enclosing a young couple in a garden, the rim with eight ruyi-shaped panels alternately enclosing landscape scenes and flowers, all reserved on a powder-blue and gilt ground,marked to reverse N=498 - 40.5cm., 15 7/8 in.

Provenance: Collection of Augustus the Strong, N=498.

Sotheby's. BERNHEIMER Day Sale, London, 25 Nov 2015, 10:00 AM