It had first been bought in 1925 by an early collector, G.E. Lambert, for the then considerable sum of £31 - a good two months' wages for a skilled working man. In 1960 another great name in pot lid ...

This rare Chinese export dish offered at Luxur Fine Art Auction (25/20/15% buyer’s premium) in Queens, New York, was painted with a portrait of the theologist Willem Deurhoff (1650-1717).