A small blue and white bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period

Painted around the exterior with three clusters of crab apples, loquats and melons, with a band of lappets at the base and a cloud scroll border at the rim, the interior with similar border at the rim and centred with a circular medallion enclosing a loquat spray. 12cm (4¾in) diam. Sold for £5,400

Provenance: the Jarras Collection, England

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 14 May 2009. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com