RARE MING DYNASTY, CHINA EARLY 17TH C ZHANGZHOU SWATOW HND PNTD SHALLOW CER BOWL

Description

VERY
RARE
MING DYNASTY,
C
H
INA
, LATE 16TH
to
EARLY
17 TH CENTURY,
ZHANGZHOU
(SWATOW)
PROVINCIAL,
WHEEL-THROWN,
HAND
PAINTED,
WIDE
MOUTHED,
SHALLOW
BASIN,
10"
in
DIAMETER,
HAND
DECORATED,
CELADON
-PEWTER
COLOR
GLAZED
CERAMIC
BOWL,
with
UNGLAZED
STACKING
INTERIOR
RING
&
UNGLAZED,
RAISED
CLEATED
FOOT
&
BASEPLATE
[There's only a
single, faint, barely noticeable line in the viscous glaze
on the bowl's outer interior sill, traveling from the outer glazed edge to the unglazed interior stacking ring. This isn't a true hairline crack, structural fissure or break, since it doesn't traverse the entire girth of the bowl's sidewall and the
bowl still rings and chimes like a bell
when struck with a fingernail, which it wouldn't do, if it was a true hairline crack. This
damage is therefore superficial and not structural
in nature.
]
(Circa 1585-1635)
Late 15th to early 16th century
Ming Dynasty,
Ch
i
nese,
Zhangzhou,
Swatow
provincial antique wheel-thrown and hand painted celadon glazed, wide mouthed, shallow basin,
ceramic stacking bowls,
with unglazed interior basin ring
DIMENSIONS:
10" Diameter x 2
" Height
Weight:
1 lb. 12 oz.
DESCRIPTION:
There's
only a single line in the viscous glaze, not a structural crack per se
(since it doesn't appear on the back and doesn't traverse the entire bowl's girth) mars this otherwise nearly as originally constituted,
late 16th to early 17th century
C
h
inese
Ming Dynasty
Zhangzhou (Swatow)
provincial
10" in diameter, wide-mouthed, shallow basin, completely hand painted and hand decorated ceramic bowl,
with graphic iconography, including images of repeating reticulated basketry, gestural, curvilinear, wispy, semi-transparent brushstrokes and
interior basin
C
h
inese
calligraphic hieroglyphic writing.
This now
360 to as early as 385 year old
C
h
inese
Ming Dynasty
ceramic bowl,
features
unglazed interior stacking ring,
located at the base of the inside basin, as well as an u
nglazed bottom baseplate
and raised, round foot. Estate fresh. A wonderful, amazing discovery that was clearly cared for by its several custodians over the centuries.
360 to 385 years old.
Not merely a bowl but a work of art. It still rings like a bell and frankly wouldn't make this sound if the glaze fissure was a true, structural hairline crack. It won't disappoint. Absolutely gorgeous. Very early. Rare.
CONDITION:
Fair to Good overall antique condition.
There's only a single, faint, barely noticeable line in the viscous glaze on the bowl's outer interior sill, traveling from the outer glazed edge to the unglazed interior stacking ring. This is not a hairline crack or a structural fissure or break, since it doesn't traverse the entire girth of the bowl's sidewall and it still rings and chimes like a bell, which it wouldn't do, when struck with a fingernail, if it was a true hairline crack.