Kangxi period, finely painted with a variety of scenes including monkeys riding deer and poking at bees' nests in a branch above, tigers gazing up at tree shrews frolicking in grapevine, and fiancés on horseback bidding their lovers goodbye, small bird and animal vignettes around the flaring rim above and on the interior rim cell diaper interrupted by frog, fish, lobster and crab panels. Diameter 13 3/8 in. Provenance: Christie's Sale 1793, Chinese Export Art, New York, Jan 23, 2007, Lot 20.