Lot 3688. A turquoise-ground famille-rose and gilt brushpot, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1821-1850), 11.8 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate 400,000 — 500,000 HKD. Lot sold 500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. 

of cylindrical form, brightly enamelled to the exterior with gilt outlines, depicting stylised shou characters and bats suspending musical chimes, interspersed amongst lotus blooms borne on intertwining foliate strapwork, below a ruyi band at the rim and above overlapping lappets at the foot, all reserved against a rich turquoise ground, the rim gilt, the base enamelled in turquoise, save for a rectangular cartouche with a six-character seal mark in gilt 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 Apr 2017