Lot 526. A fine underglaze-red ‘phoenix medallion’ bowl, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795). Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 275,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's

with a straight foot and flared rim, decorated in underglaze red on the white ground with five phoenix, the interior similarly centred with a phoenix roundel, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark; 14.5 cm., 5 3/4  in.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Dec 2015