Shallow rimmed bowl

Chinese, 18th Century

decorated with a central medallion bearing a twelve character inscription with a garden scene depicting an ornamental fence around a terrace within which stands a female and a courtier in official robes in conversation, a third companion to the former courtier stand apart around which a tree and shrubs partly frame the scene and around the medallion three borders, red with Indian lotus with trailing flowers relieved by four reserves of fish and reeds, another with four blue and green stylised flower heads divided by entwined foliated emblem, all on a floral key pattern iron red ground, rim with a trailing linear link style border, reverse with a border of flaming pearls divided by scrolling flames in underglaze red and blue, foot with six character mark of Jiajing but 18th Century, 15.4cm

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