A Chinese famille rose ruby sgraffito ground porcelain bowl, mark of Qianlong and possibly of the period, the exterior painted with four white lotus flowers between four smaller lotus flowerheads, all on polychrome scrolling stems, reserved against a ruby ground incised with scrolling leafy tendrils, the interior finely enamelled with a peach branch, pomegranate and Buddha's hand citron, diameter 12.1cm, height 5.2cm.