A SWATOW BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWL, 17TH CENTURY, the central roundel with pavillions in a mountainous landscape above figures amidst further buildings with swimming sea creatures below, the well with alternating flowers and emblems in shaped cartouches separated by tassels, the rim decorated with floral sprays enclosed within scalloped panels--16½ in. diam. together with another blue and white dish, the central roundel containing a phoenix with peony and bamboo--11½ in. diam. (2)

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A SWATOW BLUE AND WHITE DEEP BOWL, 17TH CENTURY, the central roundel with pavillions in a mountainous landscape above figures amidst further buildings with swimming sea creatures below, the well with alternating flowers and emblems in shaped cartouches separated by tassels, the rim decorated with floral sprays enclosed within scalloped panels--16½ in. diam. together with another blue and white dish, the central roundel containing a phoenix with peony and bamboo--11½ in. diam. (2)

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