A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE BASIN, QING... Lot n° 13

A basin with slightly tapered sides rising to a wide flared rim, the flat interior beautifully and richly painted in cobalt-blue tones, with the more pointed hexafoil rosette, has a rim border of quatrefoil panels with floral sprigs and scroll motifs. See Yamato Bunkakan shozōhin zuhan mokuroku 7. Chūgoku tōji/Chinese Ceramics from the Museum Yamato Bunkakan Collection, Illustrated Catalogue Series no. 7, Nara, 1977, no. 134. Height: 14 cm. Diameter: 32.5 cm. In an overall good condition. PROVENANCE Dutch private collection