A group of blue-enamelled vessels for the scholar's desk, Seal marks and period of Qianlong. Estimate  40,000 — 60,000  HKD.  Lot Sold. 100,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's

comprising two square boxes and covers, two circular boxes reticulated with 'cash' motifs, a small quadrangular handled vase, a quatrefoil bushpot raised on four bracket feet, a rectangular waterpot and a brushrest, all enamelled in low relief on the white ground with a variety of floral band or fretwork centred withshou symbols, each inscribed in iron-red with a four-character mark reserved on turquoise; 6 to 10 cm. approx., 2 3/8  to 3 7/8  in.

Sotheby's. CHINESE ART. 01 JUNE 2015 - 02 JUNE 2015 | 3:15 PM HKT - HONG KONG