the centre delicately enamelled with a foliate-shaped panel of a seated courtier and two small boys, one holding a peony blossom, the other a ruyi sceptre, before a bamboo table set with scholar's objects, enclosed by formal foliate and scroll borders, the rim with four shaped panels painted with peonies and blossoms enclosed by a black and pink diaper ground interspersed with panels of white-glazed dragons, the whole with scrolling iron-red lotus and gilt highlights, the reverse with ruby-glaze, 23cm diameter