Lot 3241. A fine famille rose 'sanduo' bowl, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate HK$1,500,000 - HK$2,500,000 ($194,006 - $323,343). Price Realized HK$1,600,000 ($206,876).Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.

The bowl is enamelled on the exterior with three detached fruiting sprays including lychee, pomegranate and peach, forming the 'Three Abundances'. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.

Provenance: Private American collection
S. Marchant & Son, London
Collection of an English Lord, acquired on 12 June, 1998

Notes: A similar Qianlong-marked bowl was included by The Chinese University of Hong Kong in their exhibition of Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, 1973, no. 106, another example is included by Gordon Lang in The Powell-Cotton Collection of Chinese Ceramics, 1998, no. 88, pl. 16; a further pair of bowls of this pattern are illustrated by Torataro Yoneyama in Qing Porcelain in the Seikado Bunko Collection, 2006, no. 43, pp. 54-5. 

Christie's. THE IMPERIAL SALE / IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 1 June 2016, Convention Hall