A Famille-Verte octagonal bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's

the exterior richly enameled, each of the eight panels painted with a different rendering of an archaic Ding-form vessel against alternating grounds of aubergine and green diamond pattern with two shou characters and a green stippled ground with scattered flowers all above a narrow lappet band, the interior with a central medallion of a large Ding vessel against a leiwen ground, the rim with reserves of auspicious emblems, jing zhi seal mark in underglaze blue within a double square. Diameter 8 1/2 in., 21.6 cm. Estimation 5,000 — 7,000 USD

PROVENANCE: Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, acquired in the 1980s

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 17 sept. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com/