A Chinese famille-rose bowl, Guangxu mark and of the period (1871-1908), with a splayed mouth, the exterior finely painted with a pair of mandarin ducks, pheasants and cranes in a lotus pond, six-character 'Da Qing Guang Xu Nian Zhi' underglazed blue mark to the base, 14.4 cm diameter, 6.7 cm high. Provenance: Private Queensland collection