Chinese Jiajing reign Ming Dynasty period red & white porcelain bowl. with simply gently rounded side emerging steeply to a slightly everted rim, raised on the concave footed ring base. The exterior hand-painted in copper-red against the pale white underglaze ground, with floral blooms, interlocking foliage, scrolling Ruyi clouds, and repeating auspicious Ruyi pattern in the foot. Banded with a double iron-red fine ring on the foot and upper mouth rim. The immaculate porcelain body covered with a characteristic silky glaze, pooling on the base slightly veiling the mark. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant finish that was applied by a meticulous glaze, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The porcelain conformed all required specimen to be highly valued Chinese Guanyao porcelain Imperial wares, with the finest material, the whiteness, the glaze, the painting, and the shape.
Mark on the countersunk base, a vertical six under-glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, Made in The Years of Jiajing Reign Period of Great Ming Dynasty.
Measurements: Height: 3 3/8" Diameter: 4 3/4"