A 'wucai' 'peach' bowl. Jiajing mark and period. Photo Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides springing from a short tapered foot, the interior with a central medallion featuring a peach bearing a shou character in underglaze blue within a double line iron-red border, the exterior boldly painted in underglaze blue, yellow and green enamels and iron-red with four peaches wreathed by broad leaves, each enclosing a shou character, alternating with sprays of lingzhi, all beneath a band of diapers enclosing flower heads; Diameter 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm. Estimate 60,000-80,000 USD

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York. 14 september 2011 www.sothebys.com