Measurements: Width: 18.4 cm, Height: 10 cm Chinese Ming Xuande Blue and White Porcelain Covered Bowl. Potted with a shallow body, slight deep, thick and bulbous body, with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward the flaring mouth rim with dome lid, raised on a ring foot base. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in white base color which contrast against blue color depicted of abundant peony blossom interspersed foliage. The Chinese name for Peony even translates to most beautiful. The Peony’s thick ruffled blooms and ability to return spring after spring for 100 years. The Peony is mainly known for honour to their entire family through success, Wealth and riches, Romance and romantic love, It symbolizes wealth and honour in the sense of high rank, having an official position, or high social status.The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within blue ring lines. Made in The Years XuanDe Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.品相报告: In EXCELLENT condition over all. All lots are sold as is and where is. Lauren Galleries provides condition reports upon request to aide in your bidding decision. No statement regarding age, condition, kind, value, or quality of a lot, whether made orally at the auction or at any other time, or in writing in this catalog or elsewhere, shall be construed to be an express or implied warranty, representation, or assumption of liability. All sales are final, Lauren Galleries does not give refunds based on condition. Lauren Galleries does not perform any shipping or packing services. We do have a list of suggested shippers who gladly provide quotes prior to your bidding. Please visit our webpage for a list of recommended shippers.