BELLA COPPA IN PORCELLANA BIANCA E BLU DECORATA A FIORI DI LOTO IN STILE-MING, CINA, Premium Lot DINASTIA QING, MARCATA E DEL PERIODO YONGZHENG (1723-1735) A FINE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'LOTUS' DICE BOWL, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, MARK AND OF THE PERIOD YONGZHENG (1723-1735) 29 cm diam., 12 cm high Stoutly potted with a slightly short foot rising to a low rounded sides with thick walls, painted in under-glaze blue in the fifteen-century style, with a broad lotus scroll issuing six larger blossoms wreathed by dense curling foliage, between a border of crested waves at the rim and a band of 'S'-shaped scrolls encircling the foot, all divided by single or double lines, the interior and the base left in white, the foot ring unglazed, inscribed in under-glaze blue with a six-character reign mark written in a horizontal line within a double rectangular panel below the rim. In very good conditions, very minor firing imperfections slightly pronounced in the mouth rim, and light surface wear and scratches.