Lot 3663. A pair of blue and white 'lotus bouquet' small dishes, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 11.7 cm, 4 5/8 in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot Sold 125,000 HKD (15,945 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's.
each with rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior painted with a central medallion enclosing a beribboned bouquet of blooming lotuses, arrowheads and other water weeds, encircled by a composite floral meander below a classic scroll band at the rim, the exterior similarly decorated with a composite floral scroll between keyfret at the rim and a classic scroll at the foot, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark.
Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 29th September 1992, lot 520.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 oct. 2018