Lot 3632. A yellow-ground famille-rose sgraffiato 'San yang' medallion bowl, Seal mark and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 14.9 cm, 5 ½ in. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 567,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
the rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot to a flared rim, the exterior with three gilt-bordered medallions, each enclosing a ram under a fruiting tree, divided by blue and white vases holding peony branches and various auspicious objects, surrounded by pomegranates and lingzhi stems, all reserved on a bright lemon-yellow ground decorated in sgraffiato technique with feathery scrollwork, the interior in cobalt blue with a medallion enclosing three further rams, encircled on the well by four fruiting and flowering branches suspending auspicious emblems such as a ruyi sceptre, a chime, a double-gourd and a fish, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark.
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5th April 2017, lot 3701.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art. 9 October 2020
