Lot 1. A blue and white 'Three friends of winter' dish, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566); 17.8cm diam. Sold for €12,160. Photo Bonhams.

With shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot, the interior boldly painted in varying tones of cobalt blue with the 'Three Friends of Winter', the exterior similarly decorated, all between double-line borders at the rim and around the foot, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.

Provenance: Collection of Otmar Kurrus (1929-2012), acquired from Bernheimer, Munich, in ca. 1968, acquired by the present owner in 1998.

Note: See a Jiajing-marked 'Three Friends of Winter' dish from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Good Fortune, Long Life, Health, and Peace: A Special Exhibition of Porcelains with Auspicious Designs, Taipei, 1995, p.158, pl.80.

Bonhams - Cornette de Saint Cyr. CHINESE ART FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION, Paris, 26 October 2023