Lot 124. A blue and white ogee dish, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate HK$300,000 – HK$450,000 ($38,857 - $58,286). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016

The dish is well painted with a stylised six-petalled flowerhead within the sunken central medallion encircled by a classic scroll around the stepped sides, and with the Bajixiang on the widely flaring cavetto. The exterior is decorated with five bats, wufu, in flight above a sea of cresting waves crashing against four tall rocky outcrops from which growlingzhi fungus amidst the Eight Treasures. 9 in. (23 cm.) diam., box

Provenance: Erik Akerlund (b. 1871), well-known Swedish dentist and art collector 
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4176

Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 5 April 2016, Hong Kong