A Chinese yellow-ground and iron-red decorated fishbowl
A Chinese yellow-ground and iron-red decorated fishbowl, the rounded sides rising from a flat base to a slightly flared rim, the exterior brightly decorated with an overglaze yellow enamel partially covered by a design-bearing iron red, depicting dragons amongst scrolling lotus, the detail and outlines picked out in black, the rim with further scrolls flanking a rectangualr cartouche containing a six-character Jiajing mark, 47.5cm diameter
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A Chinese yellow-ground and iron-red decorated fishbowl, the rounded sides rising from a flat base to a slightly flared rim, the exterior brightly decorated with an overglaze yellow enamel partially covered by a design-bearing iron red, depicting dragons amongst scrolling lotus, the detail and outlines picked out in black, the rim with further scrolls flanking a rectangualr cartouche containing a six-character Jiajing mark, 47.5cm diameter