Lot 3723. A blue and white lobed 'figures and lança characters' bowl, Ming dynasty, 15th century, Interregnum period (1436-1464). Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 250,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's.

with steep rounded sides divided into eight bracket foliations supported on short tapered foot, vividly painted in deep 'heaping and piling' cobalt tones, the interior with a scholar seated on a rocky promontory encircled by tumultuous waves, below four lança characters around the cavetto and a frieze of lança characters at the rim, the exterior with a similar scene of a seated scholar and attendant on a rocky outcrop, between a border of crested waves interspersed with cartouches of auspicious emblems and a key-fret band; 25.6 cm, 10 in.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 oct. 2016, 02:30 PM