Octagonal bowl with Chinese ladies on a terrace and playing boys, Octagonal bowl of porcelain with squeezed corners, painted in underglaze blue. On the outside wall eight compartments, each with a Chinese lady (long list) in a fenced garden or on a terrace, sometimes with a ruyi scepter or fan in her hand. At the bottom two playing boys (zotjes) with a ball in a landscape. The inner edge with a decorative band. Marked with the six-character mark of Emperor Chenghua in a double circle. Blue White., anonymous, China, c. 1680 - c. 1720, Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722), porcel

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