Lot 257. A famille-verte dish, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 14 in., 35.5 cm. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Lot sold 10,000  USD. Photo Sotheby's

with shallow rounded sides and lipped rim, the interior well-painted with two warriors on horseback, one fending off an attack by the other who is in close pursuit, all within a mountainous landscape, encircled by alternating diaper and stippled bands separated by reserves of scholarly objects, the reverse with an underglaze blue lingzhi within a double circle.