LARGE ANTIQUE ORIENTAL BLUE & WHITE OCTAGONAL BOWL, BELIEVED TO BE JAPANESE

18cm DIAMETER

9cm HIGH

UNUSUAL BASE HAS A DEEP RIM WITH TWO BLUE LINES AROOUND THE OUTSIDE. INSIDE IT IS UNGLAZED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FURTHER CENTRAL RECESS, 3.5cm ACROSS, WHICH IS GLAZED

A SECTION OF THE BOWL HAD BROKEN & BEEN RIVETED BACK INTO PLACE MANY YEARS AGO

THERE IS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL HAIRLINE

I THINK THE BLOSSOM INSIDE & OUTSIDE THE BOWL ARE POSSIBLY MIMOSA

THERE ARE ALSO TWO CIRCLING DRAGONS IN THE BASE