Vardera målad med en mittmedaljong som innesluter tre stora lotusblommor bland bladslingor, vid en ngt utvikta mynningen en forlöpande blomsterslinga som även upprepar sig på utsidan. Sigillmärke i botten underglasyrblått. Diameter 15,3 cm.
Property of a private Swedish collector, long term member of the Swedish Oriental Ceramics Society, who started to collect in the early 1980's.
Compare with a pair in the British Museum with this decoration but of the Guangxu period. Bequeathed by: Sir John M Addis, acquisition date 1984. Registration number 1984,0202.64.
See a very similar blue and white dish with lotus design, Guangxu mark and of the period, illustrated by Xu Huping, in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.463.