A pair of iron-red enamelled 'Shoulao' dishes, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's
each with shallow rounded sides, finely enamelled to the centre with the Immortal Shoulao seated beside a spotted deer and a basket of peaches, within a border of the 'hundred bats' at the rim, the underside with lotus lappets and a floret border, wood stands. Quantité: 4 - 20cm., 7 7/8 in.
Provenance: Antiquaire Tournet, Paris, circa 1946.
Collection of Comte de Marotte, Paris.
Thence by descent.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Londres, 13 mai 2015, 11:00 AM