Lot description
with shallow rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim, freely painted in shaded tones of cobalt reserved on a rich yellow ground, the interior with a slightly recessed medallion enclosing a leafy branch bearing two five-petalled gardenia blooms and buds, encircled on the cavetto by fruiting branches of pomegranate, crabapple, grape and a beribboned lotus bouquet, all between double-line borders, the exterior with a continuous scroll of seven large blooming roses borne on a foliate stem, between double lines at the rim and foot, the base left white and inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within a double circle, Japanese wood box 26.8 cm
