Lot 3112. An underglaze-red and blue cupstand, seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 17 cm., 6 3/4 in. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 HKD. Lot Sold 200,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the deep round hollow bowl with an incurved rim, painted in underglaze red with a row of pendent pomegranates extending from a band of blue trefoils and key-fret around the mouth, collared by a broad flat dish painted with four sprays of fruiting blossoms, the flowers picked out in red, the underside with six florets on stylised foliage, all supported on a slightly flared foot skirted with overlapping arches containing a red trefoil, the inner foot inscribed with a six-character horizontal reign mark.

Provenance: Christie's Hong Kong, 31st March 1992, lot 644 (one of a pair).

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