Large, round bowl. Porcelain with a light gray glaze. Deeply...
Large, round bowl. Porcelain with a light gray glaze. Deeply concave, on a short, round foot. In the center of the bowl, a landscape motif with a stylized bird of paradise; the rising sides feature ornaments painted in underglaze blue. The sides have two anchor-shaped cracks. China, late Ming to early Qing period, 17th–18th centuries. Diameter: 36.5 cm. Provenance: From an old Berlin private collection, assembled in Southeast Asia during the owner’s time there in the 1960s through the 1980s.
Large, round bowl. Porcelain with a light gray glaze. Deeply concave, on a short, round foot. In the center of the bowl, a landscape motif with a stylized bird of paradise; the rising sides feature ornaments painted in underglaze blue. The sides have two anchor-shaped cracks. China, late Ming to early Qing period, 17th–18th centuries. Diameter: 36.5 cm. Provenance: From an old Berlin private collection, assembled in Southeast Asia during the owner’s time there in the 1960s through the 1980s.
