A large blue and white lotus bowl, Qianlong six character seal mark and of the period, 1736-1795, boldly painted with eight lotus flower-heads on leafy tendrils and eight Buddhist emblems above a lappet and wave border, the inside with a medallion of four further Buddhist emblems, a wave band below the rim, 11.4 cm high, 26 cm diameter. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis, late 1980's