Lot 653. A cloisonné enamel 'carp' basin, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1619); 35.5 cm, 14 in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 HKD. Lot sold 175,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

with rounded sides rising from a flat base to an everted rim, the interior depicted with a large carp emerging from turbulent waves below a sun and a moon, further surrounded by lotus scrolls around the cavetto, the flat rim decorated with smaller flower scrolls, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong on 27th May 2007.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 31 May 2018.