A gilt-decorated blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀 青花描金卷草蓮塘盌 《彩秀堂製》款

A gilt-decorated blue and white bowl

Qing dynasty, 18th century

 清十八世紀 青花描金卷草蓮塘盌 《彩秀堂製》款

resting on a straight foot and rising to a gently everted rim, the interior with a central medallion painted in underglaze blue with a lotus pond encircled by diaper border, the cavetto with a gilt foliate scroll beneath a further blue and white diaper band, the exterior painted with a stylized scroll issuing broad leaves, the rim with a band of double helix accented with gilt dots in the negative space, the cobalt designs at the interior and exterior executed with stippled and cross-hatched details, the base with a four-character hall mark reading Caixiutang zhi within a double circle in underglaze blue

Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.8 cm