Lot 613. A white-glazed 'Prunus' bowl and a rare 'Koakae' quatrefoil dish, Mark and Period af Jiajing and Transitional Period; 11.9 and 18.3 cm., 4 3/4 and 7 1/4 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 HKD. Lot sold 12,500 HKD (1,612 USD). Photo Sotheby's

the bowl potted with rounded sides moulded with two prunus sprigs on the exterior, the interior walls similarly decorated with faint 'classic' scrolls, the centre incised with an archaistic dragon, the dish of quatrefoil form with a slightly everted rim, the interior painted with Damo dressed in loose robes and holding a book in his right hand, against a polychrome checkered ground

Exhibited: dish: Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1981, cat. no. 151.

Property from the Baoyizhai Collection.

Sotheby's. Playthings From The Collection of Edward T. Chow Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Collections Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor - Asian Lacquer, Hong Kong, 27 may 2014