A spinach jade hexagonal bowl with gilt highlights. Qianlong mark, Late Qing dynasty. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams

Of floriform shape with a flat rim atop slightly tapered sides and supported by eight inset ruyi-form feet, the eight exterior sides decorated with a densely composed gilt ground of cash emblems surrounding the Eight Auspicious Symbols, the interior well with writhing dragons and the base bearing the four-character mark all amid an intricate vine and lotus ground, the stone of deep green with isolated veins of white inclusions (losses to gilt). 7in (17.8cm) diameter. Sold for US$1,875

Bonhams. Asian Decorative Arts, 13 Mar 2012, California, San Francisco www.bonhams.com