Of saucer shape with gently rounded sides, the charger decorated in underglaze blue with boldly painted Buddhist lions playing with brocaded balls on a yellow ground, the brocaded balls all with different intricate designs including that of a cash coin, three of the balls with the addition of the colour aubergine, the central lion, his paw on one brocaded ball looking sideways, on the cavetto four buddhist lions two facing forwards the other two looking back over their shoulders encircle the central figure, the reverse with emblems including scrolls and a chime all on a yellow ground, a double channelled foot rim and a white glazed centre with a Kangxi six-character mark in blue. Diameter: 50.5 cm.