Lot 86. A doucai 'Eight Daoist emblems' ogee dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 20.3cm (8in) diam. Sold for £15,000 (€19,358). © Bonhams 2001-2016. 

With deep rounded sides rising from a tapered foot, the interior brightly enamelled with a central swirled medallion surrounded by peaches and demi-flowerheads, the cavetto decorated with the Eight Daoist Emblems tied to flower sprays with fluttering ribbons, the exterior with a continuous floral meander above a colourful ruyi-head border around the foot, wood stand. (2).

Provenance: an English private collection, assembled in Hong Kong from 1967-1989, and thence by descent

Exhibited, Published and Illustrated: 
The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Ch'ing Polychrome Porcelain, Hong Kong, 5 February - 6 March 1977, no.83 

Notes: Compare with a similar ogee dish in the Nanjing Museum, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain: of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, pl.106. 

A similar example, in the Inder Rieden Collection, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, was sold in these rooms, 10 November 2011, lot 97. See also a similar dish, Qianlong seal mark and period, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 6 April 2016, lot 3627.

Bonhams. AUCTION 23237: FINE CHINESE ART, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET