Bowl
We are selling this Chinese pale celadon and famille rose dish. This football shaped dish has raised sides with lobes to mimic a lotus leaf. It is decorated on the interior with floral sprays with crickets or cicadas and has gilt veins to copy the lotus leaf. The base is signed with a Tongzhi reign mark but may be early 20th century.
Condition:Some wear to the gilding. There is a spiderweb hairline on the base of the bowl not visible in the interior.
Dimensions:
Height 3 1/4 Inches 8.3 cm
Width 10 1/4 Inches 25.9 cm
Depth 7 7/8 Inches 20.0 cm
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