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East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. An attractive pair of pottery bowls, each exhibiting a ring-form foot and impressively thin walls that flare outwards and upwards to a broad, annular rim above a deep basin. Enveloped in creamy white glaze, both bowls boast blue-painted central tondos filled with floral and avian-esque motifs. Size (both the same): 8.2" Diameter x 3.8" H (20.8 cm x 9.7 cm)

Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010

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#170310

Repairs with restoration to rim of 1 bowl. Other has slight warping to center of basin with visible stable fissures. Both have expected surface wear with nicks, pitting, and abrasions, as shown. Otherwise, 1 is intact and both are excellent with impressive remaining pigments and encrustations to feet.