FLOWER-SHAPED BOWL ON A SMALL FOOT
China. Song period. 11th Century.

Fine porcelain body with a delicate blue qingbai glaze. The center is decorated by a large peony; carved in flat moulding and with a combed structure. The border is very thin and accentuated by additionally applied engobe lines. On the outside the glaze; which is shiny for the rest; is slightly mat on the border; on the inside a few craquelure lines. ?14;5 cm. Condition A/B.Art trade; Van Ham.