A fine Chinese yellow-ground famille rose bowl: the exterior enamelled with numerous blooms including peony, lotus, dianthus and stippled lilies amongst scrolling foliage, the interior with five bats in iron-red, underglaze blue Daoguang seal mark and of the period, 15cm [hair crack].*PLEASE NOTE - There will be no internet bidding on this lot and all requests for telephone or absentee bidding must be received by 16.30pm GMT on Monday 17th January 2022 together with a deposit of £1,000 paid by debit card or bank transfer. (If unsuccessful you will be refunded (without interest) within seven working days) Literature - Gunhild Avitabile 'From The Dragon's Treasure/Chinese porcelain from the 19th and 20th centuries in the Weishaupt Collection' page 47, plate 50.* Provenance The above lot was acquired either by Edward George Pellew Mayers [1840-1911] during military service in China and Japan between 1870 and 1880 or his son Edward Courtenay Pellew Mayers [1878-1933] who visited China in 1911. Thence by direct family descent.