Polychrome porcelain bowl ‘Scenes’, Qing dynasty

A porcelain bowl with a circular base and a deep body, with a curved profile that expands slightly outwards at the level of the mouth. Covered in a beautiful underglaze of white, it has small circular medallions on the outside in coloured enamel depicting floral and vegetal elements of various types. Inside is a small scene in which a bat with outstretched wings flies over a peach blossom branch covered with fruit. 

The base bears a six-character seal in underglaze blue ‘大清同治年制’.

Height: 11.5 cm; Mouth diameter: 21 cm; Base diameter: 8.3 cm