YONGLE-XUANDE PERIOD (1403-1435)

The carved decoration on this bowl relates closely to the designs found on blue and white bowls that were produced at the same time during the early Ming period. There are numerous examples of Yongle and Xuande porcelain bowls with dense lotus scrolls or composite floral scrolls on the exterior and on the interior encircling a central floral medallion. One such example is the Yongle bowl illustrated by J. A. Pope, Chinese Porcelain from the Ardebil Shrine, Washington D.C., 1956, pl. 47.

Compare also to an early-Ming Longquan example with classic scrolls below the rim is in the collection of Seikadō Bunko Art Musuem, Tokyo, illustrated in Longquan Ware: Chinese Celadon Beloved of the Japanese, Japan, 2012, p. 82, pl. 93.