Lot 144. A red and green-enamelled 'boys' bowl, Jiajing mark and period (1522-1566). Width 13.5 cm, 5¼in. Estimate: 12,000 - 18,000 GBP. Lot sold 30,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

of square section with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a flared rim, decorated to the exterior with eight boys at play set in a landscape with vegetation and rockwork, all between narrow borders at the rim and foot, the interior painted with a further boy flying a kite within a square panel, all reserved against a rich iron-red ground, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 06 Nov 2019