Lot 290. A blue and white 'Fruit tree medallion' bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Lot sold 8,750 USD. Photo Sotheby's

with steep flaring sides, painted with five roundels in the form of fruiting trees bearing peach, mulberry and lychee, divided by pomegranate sprays, between a double line border at the rim and a petal band at the foot, seal mark in underglaze blue. 

Provenance: Acquired in Beijing in the 1920s or 30s and thence by descent.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 11 september 2012