A cloisonné enamel and gilt-metal shallow bowl, Qianlong incised six-character mark within a double square and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate £20,000 - £40,000 ($30,360 - $60,720). Price Realized £35,000 ($53,130). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The bowl is supported on a circular foot and has gently flared sides. The exterior is decorated with four yellow-ground shaped cartouches framed by pairs of stylised phoenixes, each enclosing a large flowering lotus flanked by two smaller buds on leafy stems, the panels divided by pendant bat and foliate motifs, above a band of floral scroll around the foot. 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Property from a private English collection.

Notes: Compare the current bowl to a set of five almost identical examples from the Alfred Morrison Collection, three with Fonthill Heirlooms labels, which sold at Christie's London, 9 November 2004, lot 25.

Christie's. CHINESE CERAMICS, WORKS OF ART AND TEXTILES, 13 November 2015, London, South Kensington