Lot Essay
The incised and molded decoration on this bowl is closely linked to blue and white porcelains of the same period, such as the bowl from the Eli Lilly Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art, illustrated by S. Valenstein in the catalogue for the exhibition, Ming Porcelains, A Retrospective, 1970, p. 33, no. 5, where one can clearly see the interior decoration, which is not as easily discernable in the anhua rendition of the present bowl. According to the author, the blue and white example does not have a chrysanthemum sprig in the center.