Lot 2060. A copper-red 'Three fruits' dish, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735); 19.7 cm., 7 3/4 in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD (19,281 — 28,922 EUR). Lot Sold 250,000 HKD (24,101 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's

the shallow rounded sides supported on a slightly tapered foot, the exterior sparsely moulded with three slightly raised fruit sprays including peach, pomegranate and persimmon, enhanced with short pale-green stems, the interior left undecorated, the countersunk base centred with a underglaze-blue roundel of a crane grasping a sprig of peaches and flying amidst scrolling clouds.