Vietnamese Bleu de Hue Porcelain Bowl Marked "In the Collection of Roushen" (From a Vietnamese Royal Family) - This large porcelain bowl is elaborately decorated in a vivid blue underglaze with a fisherman sitting on a riverbank underneath a pine tree. The bowl is also decorated with a poem on the opposite side, and a double blue circle at the rim. The base of the piece bears a "Nhuoc tham tran tang" four character marking in underglazed blue, meaning "in the collection of Roushen". The first two characters could be the name of a person or a studio or could simply mean "deeply," and the last two characters mean "treasure of" or "treasured." This piece has excellent investment potential, as it is thought by experts around the world and avid collectors that due to the rapid modernization of Vietnam, Vietnamese antiques will within the next ten years be more valuable than Chinese antiques. According to some of the most expert collectors in the world, what used to sell for hundreds are now selling for tens of thousands. This piece comes from the estate of a Vietnamese Royal Family (the family now lives in the United States, and wishes to remain private as they still have relatives living in Vietnam). Measurements: 4"H x 7.5" diameter.