**Originally Listed At $350**

East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A beautiful pottery bowl presenting a rounded bottom and slender walls that span outwards to a broad rim, all upon a ring-form base. Though the entirety of the vessel is enveloped in creamy white glaze, the basin boasts a blue-painted decorative tondo filled with an intricate motif of phytomorphic, zoomorphic, and abstract designs. Liberal remains of fugitive pigment forming a vine-like vegetal pattern additionally embellish the interior and exterior walls. Size: 7.8" Diameter x 3.5" H (19.8 cm x 8.9 cm)

Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010

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#170238

A few miniscule chips to rim, as well as some nicks and abrasions to surfaces. Otherwise, intact and excellent with nice craquelure to glaze and impressive remaining pigments and detail. Encrustations to foot.