A Chinese blue and white and iron red enamelled bowl Guangxu six-character mark and of the period Of rounded form, the outside decorated in iron red and gilt with two five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amid clouds, above underglaze blue waves and beneath a diaper border, the inside decorated in blue with five bats encircling a shou symbol. 13.5cm dia. PROVENANCE: From the collection of a Cheshire country house.