Lot 155. A fine doucai ogee-form 'eight Daoist emblems' dish, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 7 ⅞ in., 20.1 cm. Estimate: 12,000 - 14,000 USD. Lot sold: 50,400 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

brightly painted on the interior with a central floret encircled by a border of interlocking lime-green foliate scrolls alternately suspending stylized peaches and lotus flowers, the cavetto with the 'Eight Daoist Emblems' intertwined with fluttering ribbons, the underside with a composite flower scroll and a band of ruyi at the foot, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Hong Kong Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021