A Canton enamel square bowl

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A Canton enamel square bowl
with mythical fish handles, painted with panels depicting a seated lohan holding a peach before two figures below a tree, and two scholars unravelling a scroll with a yin-yan symbol, the side panels with mountainous river landscapes, the corners with flanges, on four stepped feet, the underside painted with bats among clouds enclosing peachsprays -- 4½.in (11.5cm) wide, 18th Century, (minor crackles).
See Colour Plate 31.

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