A Chinese octagonal beaker, circa 1720

The beaker with a cafe-au-lait ground, decorated with ‘100 Antique objects’ to the panels, the interior with a stylised red zigzag border and sprigs of flowers below.

Mark:  A lotus painted in underglaze blue to the base – representing purity, one of eight Buddhist emblems – within two blue concentric lines

Height: 6.4 cm

Condition:  Several small chips to rim

£175