Conical Bowl with Decoration of a Blossoming Plum Branch under Crescent Moon and Clouds
12th-14th century
Description
Conical bowl covered all over, except for the base and small footring, witha chocolate0brown glaze. The inside walls of the bowl feature a spontaneously stylized depiction of a blossoming plum branch under a new moon by which pass small clouds, the designs spontaneously brushed in ash and buff slip atop the glaze before firing.
Dimensions
H. 4.6 x Diam. 13.5 cm (1 13/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Andrew Kahane--Oriental Art, New York Diane H. Schafer Collection, New York American private collection, Pennsylvania (purchased from a Chinese collector in Taiwan in the 1950s)
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