the steep rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a flaring rim, the interior central medallion with a carp emerging from swirling waves beneath a colourful sun, the cavetto with four horses frolicking above cresting waves between bands of scrolls, the exterior with the 'Three Friends of Winter,' all against a blue ground, the base with a red lotus surrounded by scrolled clouds

This bowl is in overall good condition with characteristic pitting to the enamel, minor enamel flakes, and light rubbing to the gilding.
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A closely related and attributed to the sixteenth century cloisonné bowl bearing the 'Three Friends of Winter' motif in the collection in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, was included in the exhibition Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels form the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2011, cat. no. 46.