A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' DISH SIX CHARACTER XIANFENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1851-61...

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' DISH SIX CHARACTER XIANFENG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1851-61 Painted to the centre with stylised lotus flowerheads and foliage, the rim and reverse mirroring the design, 15.4cm. Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942) and thence by descent. Cf. Z Lili, The Shanghai Museum Collection: Qing Dai Yongzheng- XuanTong Guan Yao Ci Qi, p.342 for a plate of the same design from the Tongzhi period.