A blue and white 'peony' dish mark and period of Yongzheng

finely potted with rounded sides supported by a short straight foot, delicately painted in contrasting tones of cobalt-blue to the interior with a central medallion enclosing two butterflies fluttering among peony blooms issuing from rockwork, all within a double line border below a single line at the rim, the exterior painted with two rockwork mounds, one issuing peonies and pinks, the other chrysanthemum and daisies, separated by a single butterfly on both sides, between a single-line border at the rim and a double-line at the foot, the base inscribed with the six-character mark in underglaze-blue within a double circle   

Christie's Hong Kong, 28th October 2002, lot 697.

Christie's Hong Kong, 2nd November 1999, lot 608.