Lot 3699. A famille rose 'Balsam pear' teabowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1821-1850), 11.2 cm, 4 3/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 187,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, the exterior enamelled in pastel tones with a butterfly depicted fluttering near a branch of blossoming and fruiting balsam pears and leafy bamboo shoots, a bamboo shoot and a curling balsam pear stem rendered extending over the rim and onto the interior issuing further clusters of foliage and two balsam pears, a small butterfly portrayed flying nearby, the base with an underglaze-blue six-character seal mark

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