A Chinese yellow-ground famille rose 'peony' bowl: finely enamelled with three peony flowers surrounded by buds, tendrils and foliage, underglaze blue Daoguang seal mark and of the period, 11.5cm [hair crack].*PLEASE NOTE - There will be no internet bidding on this lot and all requests for telephone or absentee bidding must be received by 16.30pm GMT on Monday 17th January 2022 together with a deposit of £1,000 paid by debit card or bank transfer.(If unsuccessful you will be refunded (without interest) within seven working days)* Provenance The above lot was acquired either by Edward George Pellew Mayers [1840-1911] during military service in China and Japan between 1870 and 1880 or his son Edward Courtenay Pellew Mayers [1878-1933] who visited China in 1911. Thence by direct family descent.