the deep spreading sides rising from a flat base to a broad everted flaring rim, brightly enamelled to the interior with a medallion enclosing the emperor and his concubine watching young maidens in boats picking lotus flowers from the pond, encircled at the rim by cusped floral panels reserved on a dense leafy lotus ground

S. Marchant and Son, London, 2011. Collection of Roy Davids.

This dish is in general good condition with the exception of several shallow glaze chips (largest approx. 1x0.5 cm) and some fritting at the rim. There are surface scratches and rubbing to the enamel and gilding in various areas, in particular one portion of the pink ring around the interior (approx.. 0.6 cm long). Minor firing imperfections include burst bubbles and iron spots.
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