A fine eggshell porcelain fencai enamel bowl, Republic period, early 20th century, the inside very well painted with five fruiting branches, the exterior with birds, exotic flowers and rocks, an inscription and three red seals, four character blue enamel Qianlong mark, 6.1 cm high, 13.1 cm diameter. Provenance: R & V Tregaskis Exhibition July/August 1988, cat no 22. See Hepburn Myrtle, 'Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain', Art Gallery of NSW 1980, cat no 78 for a similar example