| Blue and white with two medallions, one of flowering plants and the other of flowering prunus and prunus branches, all surrounded by banana and other leaves and leafy tendrils which flow from the bowl to the metal rimmed top, this decoration which then creates two medallions of hex fretwork between the medallions of flowers and prunus, the bottom glazed white with a two character mark in underglaze blue. 18th C. 5 in. diam. 5 1/2 in. high.
Provenance: New York collection
This bowl was probably made for the Imperial Court in Hue, Vietnam and is similar in style, decoration and design to other wares made in China for use by the Imperial Court in Vietnam during that period.
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