China, 19th centuryThe exterior decorated with figures, flowers, the shou character ("longevity") and the eight Buddhist emblems, two characters in the Mongolian language to the center of the base.6 x 8,3 cmProvenance: Italian private collection.Made for the Mongolian market. The inscription 'Baragon tumed' to the center of the base is usually related to a service made for a grandaughet of Daoguang who married a Mongolian prince (S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain The Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912), London 1951 , plate CXII.1, for a bowl with a similar decoration in the British Museum in London).