Description Decorated with flowers, insects and figures in white medallions – one in every cardinal direction. Geometrical and floral patterns at the gilded rim. Red underglaze TONGZHI mark under the base. Ca. Qing Dynasty, 19th. Century. Size d: 5 1/4 in., h: 2 1/4 in. Provenance: Collection of Edward Hyers Clayton (1886-1946). American writer and missioner. E.H. Clayton and his wife were missionaries of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in charge of Wayland Academy, a missionary school in Hangzhou, China from 1912 to 1942. E.H. Clayton wrote a book Heaven Below based on his living experience in China.
Condition Report Good Condition