Lot 3075. A pair of yellow-ground famille-rose bowls, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 18.2 cm, 7 1/8 in. Estimate  1,500,000 — 2,000,000 HKD. Lot Sold 1,820,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, brightly enamelled around the exterior with an undulating leafy composite floral scroll, all reserved on a rich lemon-yellow ground, the interior with the wufu ('five bats') in iron-red, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29th October 1991, lot 278.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011