Ref: W225
Archive item - not for sale
Chinese late Ming bowl Wanli (1573-1619), with moulded gently undulating sides and a foliate rim, the exterior painted in a bright cobalt blue with upright sprigs of flowering branches, the rim band with galloping horses, the interior base with a circular panel decorated with mountainous landscape, the sides with two bands the first with Chakra or flaming wheels design, the rim band of rockwork and boats, the base is inscribed with a square seal reading fu gua jia qi ('Beautiful vessel for the rich and honourable')., For a similar bowl see: Musée Antoine Lécuyer of Saint-Quentin (Aisne), France.
Dimensions:
Diameter: 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.)
Condition:
faint hairline to the rim
