Finely decorated in the Ming style with simulated heaping and piling i the center with a lotus roundel surrounded by lotus and the eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang on a ground of scrolling lotus, the everted rim with breaking waves, the reverse with fruti and flower sprays. Diameter 45,3 cm.
Firingcrack to rim. Fritting.
The Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939). The collection was acquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo, from 1907 he was also accredited for Beijing. Thence by descent.