Lot Essay
Medallion bowls of this type were popular in the Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. For a related Jiaqing-marked example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Zhongguo Li Dai Jingdezhen Chi Qi - Qing Juan (China's Jingdezhen Porcelain Through the Ages - Qing Dynasty), Beijing, 1998, pp. 280-82.