A RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL

19TH CENTURY

Depicting Shoulao and a small boy beside a pine tree and rockwork, a bat in flight above carrying a gourd, the base with a four character mark which reads jing si tang zhi, 14.5cm.

Cf. Zhao Congyue, Porcelains with inscriptions of Shendetang collected by the Palace Museum, pp.78-81 for a bowl with the same decoration and mark.