Octagonal white porcelain bowl decorated in blue underglaze on the marli with eight medallions of dragons in the clouds while in the center a four-character mark Thiêu Tri niên tao (made for Emperor Thieu Tri) surrounds a larger central circle in which appears a dragon in the clouds. The edge of the marli is decorated with a frieze of ruyi heads. China for Vietnam, Ca. 1841-1847 D. 19,5 cm (Minor chip on one of the corners of the heel)