Lot 195. A pair of celadon-glazed famille-rose enameled leaf-shaped palettes, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795).  Lengths 4 1/2  in., 11.5 cm. Estimate 6,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot sold 46,875 USD. © Sotheby's

each delicately made in the shape of a leaf with smaller leaf forming a well to the side, detailed with incised veins, one painted with a butterfly, silkworm and fly, the other with a spider, beetle and caterpillar, each base with ten tiny spur marks (2). 

Provenance: J.T. Tai & Co., Inc. New York, 1969.
Collection of Eugene D. Buchanan, acquired by current owners circa 1977.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York, 19 march 2013