Of round deep-sided form, confidently painted with two long-tailed parrots perched on fruiting branches, the birds’ arched bodies leaning towards each other, encircled byposite floral sprays of pomegranate, peach and peony, the back decorated with further sprays and in the centre of the glazed base a six-character mark of Xuande. Period: Kangxi (1662‑1722). Diameter: 27 cm.