A CANTON ENAMEL 'LADIES' BASIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of circular and barbed form,  the interior brightly enamelled with a terrace scene of ladies, the cavetto with three scaly dragons chasing flaming pearls through cloud swirls above tempestuous waves, the underside of the rim with stylised florets scattered against a green ground, the sides with three confronting pairs of kui dragons writhing through leafy floral scrolls against a white ground, the base with a stylised medallion of a confronting pair of kui dragons