Small Tea Bowl with Indented White Lip and Decoration of Crescent Moon and Blossoming Plum Branch
12th-13th century
Dimensions
4.9 x 11.7 cm (1 15/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York
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