Chinese Ming Dynasty Pottery Bowl w/ Floral Tondo w/ 4 Terracotta Tomb Soldiers. The bowl dates to ca. 1368 to 1644 CE & measures approx. 8.2" diameter x 3.8" high. A beautiful pottery bowl presenting a rounded bottom and slender walls that span outwards to a broad rim, all upon a ring-form base. The entirety of the vessel is enveloped in creamy white glaze, and the basin boasts a blue-painted decorative tondo filled with an intricate floral motif. Liberal remains of fugitive pigment forming a vine-like vegetal pattern additionally embellish the interior and exterior walls. As the Ming period progressed, and the political conditions that had held the overland Silk Route together deteriorated, a Maritime Silk Road became more important to Chinese trade. This bowl was likely from South China, loaded on one of the many ships that sank off the coast of Thailand. These ships were en route to trade with the Dutch East India Company, and encrustations on the foot of the bowl attest to it being on one of the shipwrecks. Also included is a group of four 5’-6” Vintage Terracotta Tomb Soldiers. Condition of Bowl: Fully intact with nice remaining pigments and detail. A few nicks and abrasions, as well as some stable surface fissures near rim. Condition of Soldiers: Some nicks and minor repairs. Provenance: ex-Artemis Gallery, ex-private Lumberton, TX collection.