A Grand Chinese Porcelain Center Bowl

Late 20th-early 21st century, interior and sides painted in polychrome enamels with Mandarin figures gathered on picturesque verandas alternating with registers of lush flower filled baskets, all against a gilt ground populated with auspicious symbols such as butterflies, pairs of Mandarin ducks, lotus blossoms, and double gourds, unglazed underside with red apocryphal stamped seal.

9.5 in.; 21 in. diameter

Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina

Good estate condition; some minor loss to gilt on rim.