Mark to base in mongolian Sanskrit "Barragon Tumed". Decorated in famille rose and gold with deities, buddhist emblems and the shou character. Height 21 cm. Height with wooden stand that accompanies the piece 25,5 cm.
Wear to gilding.
Property of a private Finnish collector.
According to Soames Jenyns the service was made to celebrate the marriage of one of Tao Guangs daugthers to a Mongolian prince.
Compare with a bowl of this decoration in the British Museum, donated by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks. Registration number. Franks.1689.
Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelains, page 74. Image CXII.
Wu Jenhing and Hsiu An Ch'ao, Canton 1926, page 98. 99.