Lot 115. Two large underglaze blue and copper-red 'flower' dishes, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000 (USD 7,770 - USD 10,360). Price realised GBP 11,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. 

One dish is decorated to the interior with a lotus pond enclosed by six flower sprays including peony, chrysanthemum and magnolia to the rim. The other dish is decorated to the centre with a butterfly in flight above peonies growing beside rocks. The rim is decorated with leafy lotus blossoms. Both dishes are decorated to the exterior with large leafy peonies.

Provenance: Acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century, and then by descent to the present owner.

Property from the Collection of Dr. Friedrich Hirth (1845-1927).

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 5 November 2019