Lot 3673. A pair of famille-rose 'Bajixiang' dishes, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 15 cm, 5 7/8  in. Estimate 140,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot sold 200,000 HKD (20,688 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's 2018.

each with shallow rounded sides supported on a short foot, the interior centred with a gilt-rimmed medallion enclosing a central floret wreathed by floral blooms borne on interlaced foliate stems, the cavetto decorated in pastel tones of the famille-rose palette with the bajixiang, each emblem adorned with billowing ribbons and floral sprays, the exterior enamelled with three detached leafy lotus scrolls, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.

Provenance: C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei, 1993.