14th/15th Century
Blue and White Bowl
Late Yuan / Early Ming
12.7
centimeters diameter, 6.2 centimeters height
Fair
Condition
| Exterior decorated with traditional deer
and crane motif, the interior with a crane encircled with three lotus plants
within a double circle. This bowl is either early Ming or possibly Yuan Dynasty.
The marking is of the older script normally found in Yuan and early
Ming writings. Pronounced Fu, it reads 'rich, abundant,
wealth'. |
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| Note:
The deep foot is a definite
characteristic of the Yuan and early Ming Dynasty bowls, being that
it is not just deep, but wedge shaped with the widest point being where it
meets the base of the bowl. |
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