A blue and white bowl with stylized flowers


Mid Ming dynastyThinly potted with a flared rim, carefully painted in cobalt line and wash with a peony spray enclosed within a double ring at the center of the well and further double line bands bordering pairs of peony, lotus and chrysanthemum blossoms and scrolling tendrils that issue from a common stem around the exterior walls, a double ring also drawn on the deeply recessed base within the tall foot, all surfaces except the foot pad covered with a lustrous celadon-tinged glaze (minor foot chip). 5 3/4in (14.5cm) diameter