Of circular form with foliate rim, decorated in bright shades of underglaze blue, painted to the centre with five large aster blooms on a dense ‘fish-eye’ ground, the rim with sixteen petal-shaped panels, each containing a single aster flower, the reverse with two lotus flowers with trailing spiralling tendrils, the base glazed. Period: Kangxi (1662‑1722). Diameter: 21 cm.