Lot 348. Two doucai medallion bowls, Qing dynasty, 18th century. The largest bowl: 17.8cm, 7in. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 6,250 GBP. © Sotheby's.

each with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, brightly enamelled around the exterior with leafy foliate medallions divided by strapwork, the interior with a medallion enclosing a feathery scroll, the larger bowl with an underglaze-blue apocryphal Chenghua mark to the base, the smaller with an apocryphal Xuande mark.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014