Lot 183, Auction 4/12/2024: Five Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Bowls
$446.25
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East Asia, China, Ming Dynasty, ca. 1368 to 1644 CE. A set of 5 glazed pottery bowls, each resting atop a squat ring foot. The exterior surfaces are coated in light green glaze that has aged over time into a soft sage hue. Three of the 5 bowls bear marine encrustations, evidence that they were at the bottom of the ocean, perhaps on a shipwrecked merchant vessel. Size of largest: 8.125″ W x 3.375″ H (20.6 cm x 8.6 cm)
Condition: Each with abrasions and pitting, light fading to glaze, and some with marine encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice glaze remains.
Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010
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