A DOUCAI 'DUCKS AND LOTUS' BOWL, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

A DOUCAI 'DUCKS AND LOTUS' BOWL

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 鬥彩蓮塘鴛鴦圖盌

the rounded sides resting on a straight foot and gently flaring to an everted rim, the exterior delicately enameled with a continuous scene of mandarin ducks swimming between lotus blooms and others flying above, the interior with a central medallion enclosing a similar scene, the inner rim with a band of stylized characters alternating in iron red and underglaze blue, the base with a stylized square mark within a double circle

Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm