Lot Essay
A bowl of this pattern with a Qianlong seal mark in the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, vol. 38, Beijing, 1999, p. 148, no. 136. An earlier, Kangxi, version of this pattern can be seen on p. 147, no. 135. Compare also another Qianlong-marked bowl with this decoration in the Ohmer Collection, Roemer Museum, illustrated by Wiesner in Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, no. 123.