A blue and white porcelain bowl with Three Friends decoration, Xuande mark, 18th century. Photo Bonhams.

The floor of its wide curving well centered with a roundel of the Three Friends - bamboo, pine and prunus - sprouting around a garden rock, then repeated in larger scale around the exterior walls, the recessed base bearing the six-character mark in regular script enclosed within a double ring. 7 7/8in (20cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 1,500 - 2,500 (€1,100 - 1,800)

Property from the Collection of Dr. Wallace B. Smith (1880-1971), San Francisco, by Descent.

Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS. 4 Mar 2014, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com