A pair of  Cafe-Au-Lait-Ground  famille-rose enameled bowls and covers. Daoguang marks and period.  Photo Sotheby's

each with deep rounded sides rising to a flared rim, supported on a straight foot, elegantly enameled with flowering orchids, butterfly and a poem, the design repeated on the domed covers with ring-shaped finials, the top of the cover and the base centered with sixcharacter marks in iron-red (4). Diameter 4 1/8 in., 10.6 cm. Estimate 8,000-12,000 USD. Lot Sold: 40,625 USD

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 20 Mar 2012