A Blue and White Porcelain "Monks" Bowl, 18th Century or Earlier
十八世紀或更早青花羅漢圖盌

18th Century or earlier

The rim slightly flared, the underside inset, the interior decorated with rich cobalt blue, depicting a convocation of monks within an interior.

Note:
This unusual pattern is known in both Chinese and Japanese versions, dating primarily from the 17th to the 18th century. For a Tianqi version, see Becky MacGuire et al, Four Centuries of Blue and White, The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain, 2023, p. 302, no. 245, where related examples in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum are cited. See also a Japanese shaped dish in the Shibata collection, dated to circa 1720-1760, illustrated in The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of the Shibata Collection, 2019, p. 390, no. 3111.

Diameter 5 7/8 in., 14.9 cm.

Property from the Collection of J. M. Beer, Bethesda, Maryland

Provenance:

Property from the Collection of J. M. Beer, Bethesda, Maryland

Overall very good condition, with only minor wear and some abrasions to the surface of the interior.

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Asian Works of Art

A Blue and White Porcelain "Monks" Bowl, 18th Century or Earlier
十八世紀或更早青花羅漢圖盌

Asian Works of Art

A Blue and White Porcelain "Monks" Bowl, 18th Century or Earlier十八世紀或更早 青花羅漢圖盌

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A Blue and White Porcelain "Monks" Bowl, 18th Century or Earlier
十八世紀或更早青花羅漢圖盌