Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi Finely and delicately painted around the straight sides of the body with four elegant ladies playing the transverse flute or dizi, clapper or paiban, drum, and yunluo or 'clouds gongs', accompanying two ladies dancing with long sleeves on mats before a dignitary seated in front of a large screen, with four further ladies-in-waiting standing beside him, holding a fan, fly-whisk and covered vessels. 18cm (7in) diam.