Lot 221. A ruby-ground famille-rose bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Diameter 7 in., 17.7 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 100,000 USD. © Sotheby's.

with steeply rounded sides rising to an everted rim, painted on the exterior with a composite band of flowers in blue, pink, green and yellow growing from leafy scrolled stems bearing smaller flowers, all reserved on a ruby enamel ground, the interior painted with five hovering bats in shades of iron red, seal mark in underglaze blue.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York, 19 march 2013