Lot 2069. A fine pair of famille-rose yellow-ground 'floral' bowls, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 18.4 cm., 7 1/4 in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 HKD (96,406 — 144,609 EUR). Lot Sold 2,660,000 HKD (256,439 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's

the rounded sides painted with a continuous leafy floral scroll comprising of various flowers, including lotus, orchid, peony, and camellia, all reserved on a rich bright yellow ground, the interior painted with five iron-red bats, forming the wufu, against a white ground, the underside inscribed with an underglaze-blue reign mark.

Note: A closely related example is illustrated in John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, pl. 338; another in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is published in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collection, vol. 2, Tokyo, 1982, pl. 163; and a third example from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is included in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 15, pls. 238-39. See also a bowl sold in our London rooms, 1st April 1974, lot 356, and again in these rooms, from the British Rail Pension Fund, 16th May 1989, lot 84; and a pair sold twice in these rooms, 29th October 1991, lot 278, and 8th April 2011, lot 3075.