19th century, porcelain hand painted in polychrome enamels, bowl having a wide rim decorated with bats and shaped vignettes with birds and flowers, along the interior sides of the bowl are shaped registers with decoration of birds and flowers alternating with scenes of ladies and gentlemen in outdoor courtyards, the center of the bowl has a finely painted scene of a noble audience in pavilion courtyard, exterior sides of the bowl with pink floral sprays, comes together with a raised wooden stand.

Diameter 18.75 in.

Private Collection, Raleigh, NC

Star hairline crack to underside; rubbing and wear with loss to enamels at center of bowl; rubbing and loss to gilt around the rim of bowl.