Lot 3085. A pair of famille-rose lime-green ground dishes, seal marks and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 15.7 cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate  200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot Sold 560,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the shallow flaring sides rising from a slightly tapering foot, the interior painted with five coral-red bats in flight, the exterior colourfully enamelled with stylised lotuses and anemones borne on foliate scrolls, all reserved on a bright lime-green ground, between pendant ruyi heads at the rim and pink petals springing from the foot, the underside inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011