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