A doucai 'anbaxian' ogee bowl mark of Xianfeng, the interior painted with a central flowerhead within a peach and stylised flower scroll medallion encircled with a frieze of ribboned anbaxian emblems, the underside with a frieze of stylised flower sprays above a ruyi -head border, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark, 8.46 in. diameter
- Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.
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