Potted, with deep rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, delicately reverse-decorated in a rich iron-red with a row of peony heads alternating with smaller lotus above a row of lotus blossoms, all borne on interlocked foliate scrolls reserved in white against the opaque coral ground, the interior left undecorated, the white base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark. Diameter 13 cm.
Restored.
From the Collection of Dentist Inga Körner Johnsson (1909 -1993), thence by descent.
Another bowl from this collection was sold at Bukowskis, auction 629, lot no 821.
Compare with a similar bowl at the British Museum, Museum number
PDF,B.709.