Finely decorated with reserves of magpies amidst flowering prunus and bamboo, a pair of Mandarin ducks amidst a lotus pond, and smaller reserves with additional plants; set against a deep powder blue ground with gilt tracery decoration.
Height: 9 inches (23 cm)
Almost identical examples: James Garland and J.P. Morgan collections; Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Lobkowicz collection (Melnik Chateau, Czech Republic).
