FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS POND' BOTTLE VASE DAOGUANG/TONGZHI PERIOD the globular body finely painted with a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in a lotus pond, with lush lotus blooms growing amidst large lotus pads and slender stems, the rippling surface of the water defined with pencilled black lines, all below a turquoise-ground lotus spray and shou character band on the shoulder and further lotus stems on the slender waisted neck 48.2cm high