Lot 3702. A famille rose 'Longevity' bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1821-1850), 17 cm, 6 3/4  in. Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 HKD. Lot sold 150,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, the exterior delicately painted with a continuous scene depicting an immortal holding a knotted wood staff, looking back towards another immortal with a fan, accompanied by two acolytes, one embracing a crane and the other carrying a vase with three arrows beside a pine tree, set in an idyllic landscape by a sea of turbulent waves with a distant pavilion emerging from scrolling clouds, the base with a six-character seal mark in iron red

Provenance: C.C. Teng & Co., Taipei.

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