Three blue and white bowls. Ming Dynasty. Photo Bonhams

One painted on the exterior with curvilinear designs, wood stand, fitted box, 15cm (6in) diam; another decorated with designs of bamboo, pine, and other trees, below the slightly flaring rim, wood stand, fitted box, 15cm (6in) diam; the last decorated with floral medallions on the exterior and a single floral cartouche in the well, wood stand, fitted box, 14cm (5½in) diam (9). Estimate: £600 - 1,200, € 720 - 1,400, HK$ 7,300 - 15,000

Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 29 Feb 2012. London, Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com