A Nanking Cargo-ware blue and white bowl, described in the Christies Amsterdam catalogue 'Batavian' having a brown exterior, the interior painted in underglaze blue with two large peony spray and a chrysanthemum spray above a central peony roundel below a border of trellis pattern, circa 1750, approx 17.5 x 9.5 h cms together with the original Christies Amsterdam catalogue.