A gilt-decorated coral-ground 'famille-rose' vase mark and period of Hongxian, both sides painted with a panel of birds and flowering plants, one of birds beside peony and bamoo, the other of a bird perched over a lotus pond, all reserved on the bright coral ground gilt with floral scrolls, shou characters and bat pendants, the interior and base glazed in turquoise, the base inscribed in iron-red with a four-character mark, exhibition label attached, 45 cm high, Exhibited, Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2 August - 28 September 1980, no. 71, illustrated (accompanied by catalogue)