Lot 3666. A fine and rare pair of yellow-ground Famille-Rose 'Medallion' sgraffiato bowls, Seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 14.5 cm., 5 5/8  in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 875,000 HKD (104,002 EUR). © Sotheby's

each with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the exterior decorated with four circular medallions enclosing various flowers, divided by four peach branches beribboned with a wan symbol above a band of breaking waves, all reserved on a yellow sgraffiato ground, the interior painted in washes of cobalt-blue with a central medallion of lingzhi and bamboo growing from jagged rockwork rising from crashing waves beneath two beribboned wan emblems, all encircled by four composite floral sprays in the well, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Works of Art, Hong Kong, 07 april 2015