Hongzhi six-character mark and of the periodWith shallow rounded sides, painted in shaded tones of blue reserved on a rich yellow enamelled ground, the interior with a central medallion depicting a single leafy branch bearing two five-petalled gardenia blooms and a bud emerging from the top, encircled in the cavetto by fruiting branches of pomegranate, grape, peach and a ribboned lotus bouquet, all between double-line borders, the underside with a continuous scroll of blooming peonies between double lines at the rim and foot. 26.7cm (10 1/2in) diam.