A pair of shufu white-glazed 'lotus' dishes, Yuan dynasty | 元　樞府白釉印蓮紋盤一對

each potted with rounded sides, moulded in the centre with a circular medallion enclosing four lotus blooms borne on and encircled by continuous scrolling stems, beneath the well with a matching frieze, with the characters shu and fu opposite to each other amidst the stems, all beneath a blue-tinted white glaze, Japanese wood box

16 and 16.2 cm