A large blue and white petal moulded bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, the steeply rounded sides with upright petal-shaped panels rising from the base, each enclosing a blossoming tree within a florette and foliate border below a band of shaped floral panels around the barbed rim, the interior with a similar lozenge diaper ground border encircling a central medallion of flowering lotus, the base with a flower sprig within a double circle, 34 cm diameter. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1981, lot 20