A blue and white porcelain bowl - Chenghua Mark, 17th Century

Of inverted bell form, its flared rim painted with a band of flowering sprigs above palmetto and leaf sprays around the interior walls and a peony roundel centering the floor of the well, the reverse with stylized lotus flowers and leafy scrolls above a band of interlocking C-scrolls and the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in regular script inscribed within a double ring. 8 1/4in (21cm) diameter - Sold for $2,000 plus Premium and tax 

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