Showing a Chinese lady reaching out to three waterbirds standing beside reeds, her attendant shading her with an elaborate parasol, a floral border on the well and the rim with lady and bird cartouches on an iron-red and gilt honeycomb ground, blue insects ’pencilled’ on the reverse. Period: Qianlong (1736?1795), c.1738?40. Diameter: 23.5 cm.