dating: late 19th Century provenance: China, The convex sides are painted in blue on a yellow ground, in the style of Ming of 15th Century, with eight petals containing the bajixiang released from a small band of other petals, surrounding a central protuberance decorated with a flower; the sides are covered with lingzhi mushrooms; foot and neck en suite; the two handles are moulded as symmetrical, curved leaves; on the yellow base is painted in blue the apocryphal, six-character seal mark of the Emperor Yongzheng. A firing defect at the central protuberance and a small chip on the foot. height 49 cm.