Lot 1715. A pair of doucai shallow dishes, 18th century; 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 6,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

Each painted in the interior with a single leafy lotus roundel encircled by alternating lotus flowers in doucai enamels and shou characters in gilding borne on iron-red lotus blossoms, beneath a border of demi-florets at the rim, the exterior with three lingzhisprays, with an aprocryphal Chenghua mark on the base.

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011