Lot 2082. A pair of famille-rose 'poppy' teabowls and covers, seal marks and period of Daoguang (1821-1850); 11.1 cm., 4 3/8 in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 HKD (4,820 — 6,748 EUR). Lot Sold 375,000 HKD (36,152 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. 

each bowl potted with steep curved sides rising from a low foot to a slightly everted mouth, the exterior finely painted with multicolour poppy blooms and buds borne on foliate stems, alongside aster blossoms, the slightly domed cover similarly decorated, both the interior of the finial and the base inscribed with six-character reign marks in iron red.