Lot 709. A blue and white 'peony scroll' dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Estimate 4,000 — 6,000, USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

the shallow rounded sides resting on a short foot, the interior with a central medallion densely decorated with a foliated peony scroll bearing seven blossoms with spiky petals and spindly stems, all within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the exterior similarly painted with nine evenly spaced peonies wreathed in foliage, the base with a six-character mark within a double circle in underglaze blue. Diameter 8 1/4  in., 21.1 cm