A Chinese Coral-Ground reverse-decorated ‘Bamboo’ Bowl The body with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to a slightly everted rim, the exterior covered in bright coral-red enamel decorated in reserve through to the glazed white body with boldly executed bamboo shoots, the outlines of the leaves and divisions of the stems pencilled in iron-red, the interior glazed white, inscribed to the base with a Daoguang seal mark in blue and possibly of the period. Diameter: 18.5 cm.