A DOUCAI 'FLORAL' BOWL SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG |

with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior centred with a medallion of multi-coloured flowers encircled by a band of diaper cells enclosing red florets and further wreathed by interlocked blue and green strapwork, the exterior brightly and vibrantly decorated with six similar clusters of flowers springing from the foot and framed by interlocked foliate and budding scrolls forming strapwork panels, all below a yellow-ground band of underglaze-blue ruyi at the rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark