Guangxu six-character mark, early 20th century|The bowl well potted, with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapered foot, brightly enamelled to the exterior with court women and scholars engaging in leisurely pursuits, such as painting and conversing, amid flower vases, garden containers and a poetic inscription, box. 21cm (8 2/8in) diam. (2).|二十世紀初 粉彩高士仕女紋盌礬紅「大清光緒年製」楷書款Provenance: Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental Art, s'Hertogenbosch 來源： 荷蘭斯海爾托亨博斯古董商Vanderven & Vanderven Oriental ArtThe bowl has the following poetic inscription from the Tang dynasty poem 'A Song of Fair Ladies' (Li ren xing 丽人行) by Du Fu 杜甫 (712-770):態濃意遠淑且真繡羅衣裳照暮春Which may be translated as:'with a dignified and refined air without artifice;their embroidered clothes glow in the dusk of spring'