A fine famille rose yellow-ground bowl. Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams

The exterior richly enamelled in shades of pink, green, blue and iron-red with lotus, orchid and other large blossoms evenly spaced amid other floral sprays on a bright yellow ground, the interior with five bats circling on the plain white glaze.14.9cm (5¾in) diam. Estimate: £100,000 - 150,000 - Unsold

Provenance: Sotheby's London, 17 December 1996, lot 157
The Inder Rieden Collection

Compare a similar bowl illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.243. Another comparable example but slightly larger was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 March 1992, lot 655; and a further example of similar decoration but with a Jiaqing seal mark was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2010, lot 2698.

Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 10 Nov 2011, New Bond Street www.bonhams.com