Lot 3700. A pair of famille-rose inscribed 'Three Rams' bowls, Seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850), 13.6 and 13.9 cm, 5 3/8  and 5 1/2  in. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 HKD. Lot sold 500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. 

each well potted with near concical sides rising from a short foot to a gently everted rim, the exterior enamelled with a continuous scene detailed with ornamental rockery, floral sprigs issuing from a gnarled trunk, one side decorated with a pair of rams, the reverse with a ram, inscribed with a poem in black comparing the floral blooms to coral, with three seal marks reading xian chun ('early spring'), shou gu ('longevity') and hui qing ('purity'), the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.

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