Lot 3174. A pair of doucai ogee-shaped bowls with Daoist emblems, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 20.2 cm., 8 in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD. Lot Sold 350,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the wide tapering foot of each rising to rounded sides and flaring rim, the interior painted in bright enamels with a roundel of stylised chrysanthemum and peach below eight beribboned Daoist emblems on the cavetto, the exterior painted with a dense composite floral scroll above a band of upright ruyi-heads at foot, the underside inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue.

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