Bowl having rounded sides rising from a straight foot to the rim, decorated with fine decoration around the exterior with a profusion of multi-colored 'flower-balls' arranged asymmetrically and scattered throughout, some freely floating, others overlapping in small clusters of two or three blooms, all carefully enameled in soft pastels against a white ground, the base inscribed in enamel blue Qianlong reign mark. Original wood stand. 5 ¾†dia. Provenance: Private collection of an important estate, Newport, Rhode Island.