
A good Chinese Export Mandarin Punch Pot and Cover, Qianlong period (1736-1795)
of typical baluster form with a short spreading foot, the spout with floral moulding and the simple loop handle with a pointed end, the domed cover with a flat rim and a kylin finial, pierced with a small hole for steam, the body decorated with a large landscape scene panel with figures on a barge within a rococo style border in underglaze blue and other smaller vignette landscape panels in iron red with similar borders, all on a ground of scattered flowers with gilt scroll work, the top with a similar underglaze blue border.