Lot 160. A blue and white Ming-style bowl, Qianlong mark and period (1736-1795); 25.8cm., 10 1/8 in. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 GBP. Lot Sold 10,625 GBP. © Sotheby's

the conical body rising from a high spreading foot rising to an everted rim, the interior painted with a central flower medallion below six flowers in the well and a narrow band of flower sprigs at the rim, the exterior similarly painted, with a thin band of key-fret below the rim and a band of classic scroll encircling the foot.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 12 May 2010.