UNUSUAL FAMILLE-ROSE BLUE AND WHITE BOWL, XIANFENG SIX CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD decorated in brightly coloured enamels with lotus plants and scrolling tendrils, above a band of crashing waves, the foot with a band of blue enamel key fret, the interior painted in underglaze blue with a related design above a central motif of four lotus leaves separated by tendrils radiating from a central lotus blossom, Diameter: 15cm. For a similar bowl sold at auction see: Christie's, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 22 - 23 March 2012, Lot 2137 Provenance: The Martin Laing Collection