A doucai decorated porcelain bowl - Qianlong Mark and Period

Of horse-hoof (mapi) silhouette, its tall flaring walls painted in iron red, yellow and leaf green enamels highlighting underglaze blue-outlined designs of fruiting tree roundels separated by pomegranate festoons above a stylized flower petal band, the six-character mark in underglaze blue seal script centering the recessed base (rim repaired). 6in (15cm) diameter - Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 18 Dec 2007. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, California