Lot 169 , A Chinese Ming blue and white ‘lotus pond’ deep bowl, 21.5cm diameter, 10.5cm high, hairline crack to rim

A Chinese Ming blue and white ‘lotus pond’ deep bowl, 21.5cm diameter, 10.5cm high, hairline crack to rim

A Chinese Ming blue and white ‘lotus pond’ deep bowl, the interior painted with pavilions and rocks above waves the border with a continuous river landscape, the exterior painted with ducks amid lotus above a band of ruyi heads,
Provenance- collected by the vendor’s grandfather while working and travelling in South East Asia in the 1930s - 1960s. 21.5cm diameter, 10.5cm high, hairline crack to rim
£600-800

Condition:
The bowl is slightly misshapen, there is an over glazed indentation to the rim. Some occasional minor scratching to the glaze. There is a small chip to the rim with an associated short hairline crack, otherwise in good condition.

Sold for £600