A Blue and White dish & A Blue and White dish, Jiajing mark and period.

A Blue and White dish. Jiajing mark and period. photo courtesy Sotheby's

the interior painted with a central medallion enclosing a phoenix and crane in flight amidst scrolling lotus, the reverse similarly decorated with a frieze of alternating cranes and phoenix amidst lotus scrolls, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark ; diameter 7 in., 17.7 cm - Estimate 15,000 - 20,000 USD

EXHIBITION: Oosterse Schatten: 4000 Jaar Aziatische Kunst, Riijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 3rd July - 10th October 1954, no. 254 (according to label).

A small Blue and White jar. Jiajing mark and period. photo courtesy Sotheby's

of square baluster shape, decorated on all four sides with a pair of confronting shishi lions at play with a tied ribbon; height 5 3/4 in., 12.3 cm - Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 USD

Sotheby's. Fine Ceramics and works of Art. 15 Sept 2010. New York www.sothebys.com