Yongzheng dish lights up Hope Smith collection at Bonhams
One of the unexpected high points of Bonhams’ (27.5/25% buyer’s premium) Fine Chinese Art sale on November 5 was a 8in (20cm) Yongzheng mark and period famille rose ‘butterflies and peonies’ dish.
This pattern, known as guozhi or overextended branches (the blossoming peony branches extend over …