PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN INSCRIBED DEHUA BOWL
17TH CENTURY
细节
AN INSCRIBED DEHUA BOWL
17TH CENTURY
This bowl is thickly potted in a rounded shape and raised on a flat, circular foot. One side incised in running script with a poetic inscription, and is covered inside and out with a glaze of ivory tone.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam.
The poetic inscription, entitled "Cloud", can be loosely translated as "snap one's fingers at social living, and wear a contented expression for six springs".