Lot 9. A famille-rose 'boneless' 'butterfly and flower' bowl, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). Diameter 14.6 cm, 5¾ in. Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 GBP. Lot sold 37,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's.

with gently rounded sides resting on a tapered foot, delicately painted around the exterior in 'boneless' style with clusters of floral blooms and buds, including ruby and pink peonies, and pale indigo-blue chrysanthemums, emerging from the ground beside jagged rockwork, with a multi-coloured butterfly fluttering nearby, the base with a six-character reign mark within a double circle in underglaze blue.