Lot 111. A famille-rose 'Balsam pear' bowl, Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850);  11cm. 4 3/8 in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 21,250 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, finely enamelled to the exterior with a butterfly hovering above fruiting balsam pears and bamboo, the bamboo stalks and pomegranate vine climbing over the rim into the interior, the base with seal mark in underglaze-blue.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014