Bowl, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette and gilding with mandarin ducks in lotus pond, China, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735). Height: 8.9 cm, Diameter: 18.1 cm. C.1444-1910. Salting Bequest. © V&A Images

Bowl, with rounded sides on a straight foot. Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels in the famille rose palette with a pair of mandarin ducks in a lotus pond on the outside; a lotus blossom inside.