Lot 3178. A fine yellow-ground 'bats' bowl, mark and period of Yongzheng(1723-1735) ; 15 cm., 5 7/8 in . Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 HKD. Lot Sold 3,620,000 HKD . Courtesy Sotheby's. the steep rounded sides supported on a flared foot, incised around the...

A fine and very rare doucai 'bats' bowl. Kangxi six-character mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams The exterior delicately outlined in blue and enamelled in translucent green, grey, red and yellow with bats in flight, above a double row of crested waves...