A BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE 'FLOWER SCROLL' SAUCER-DISH Qianlong The shallow rounded sides rising from a short, tapered foot to a lipped rim, the centre painted with five lotus blossoms issuing from leafy scrolls, the cavetto and exterior similarly decorated. 33.8cm (13 1/4in) diam. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清乾隆 青花纏枝花卉紋盤 Provenance: acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in 2000 (collector's notes) 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2000年（藏家筆記） The Qing imperial kilns were not solely devoted to innovation; in certain works, as exemplified by the present lot, under the patronage of the Yongzheng and Qianlong Emperors they also sought to evoke an archaic aesthetic, often taking celebrated wares from the renowned kilns of the Song dynasty and the Ming official kilns as their models. A likely prototype of the present lot is a blue and white 'floral' dish, Xuande, in the collection of Beijing Art Museum, illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, vol.12, Shanghai, 2000, no.79. See a similar blue and white Ming-style 'floral' dish, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 December 2024, lot 9341. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing