Description Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, blue and white bowl. The porcelain potted with a shallow body, slight deep, broad cavetto, with a straight opening lip, raised on a small round, with slight concave footing. The exterior decorated with hand-painting in cobalt under glazed blue, depicted with abundant chrysanthemum flowers blooms, scrolling foliage, enclosed with double fine blue rings lines and scrolling interlocking tendril. The glaze appearance on the blue painting resembled the texture of an orange peel ju-pi (chu-pi) or a chicken skin. The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark grayish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.
Dimensions 6-1/4" H x 14-1/4" Dia.
Medium Porcelain
Date Ming Dynasty
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Notes PROVENANCE: From Private collections of Mr. Peter Lyon (1938-2016), After graduation in 1959 he joined the military and was trained as a fighter pilot for the Marine corp. Retiring from the military his next career was as a commercial pilot for Pan American and United Airlines flying 747 aircraft in the pacific and orient. During his layovers he searched for fine porcelains which he proudly added to his private collection. A portion of his collection is being sold at auction to benefit his charitable interests.