Lot 7. A pair of famille-rose 'bajixiang' bowls, Qianlong seal marks and period (1736-1795). Diameter of each 10.7 cm, 4¼ in. Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP. Lot sold: 75,600 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.

each with rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, painted to the exterior with beribboned bajixiang emblems in pairs, all below a key-fret band and above ruyi heads in iron-red, the foot encircled by a band of blue-enamelled dots against a yellow ground, the base centred with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.

Sotheby's. Imperial Porcelain – A Private Collection, London, 4 November 2020