Lot 3458. A doucai 'shou' medallion bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 5 1/2 in. (13.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 150,000 - HKD 200,000. Price realised HKD 475,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.

The bowl is finely painted and enamelled to the exterior with stylised Shou characters and linked pendent arabesques suspended from an interlocking 'C'-scroll border around the rim. The scroll border is repeated around the base supporting five bats detailed in iron red.

Note: While this particular design appears to be quite rare on Yongzheng bowls, bowls with variations on the design have been published. Compare with a pair of Yongzheng bowls from the C.P. Lin collection with similar but slightly more simplified decorative elements included in the joint exhibition with the Percival David Foundation, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, London, 1992 and illustrated by R. Scott, Catalogue, p. 129, no. 144.