Lot 3635. A fine famille-rose 'Dragon and Flower' bowl, seal mark and period of Jiaqing (1796-1820); 9.4 cm., 3 5/8  in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 HKD. Lot Sold 37,500 HKD. Photo: Sotheby’s.

delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly flared lobed gilt mouthrim, the body moulded with two main registers, the upper register decorated with five panels, three of them with narcissus blossoms, the other two with a dragon depicted soaring against curling leaves, the lower register similarly with a band of lotus petals, each petal enclosing a lotus blossom framed by curling leaves, the interior finely decorated with a cluster of gourds borne on a leafy stem, the base inscribed in iron-red with a six-character seal mark, wood stand.

Sotheby’s. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 october 2014