Imari-style bowl with fluted sides and a scalloped rim. The inside is decorated with panel scenes of figures, ships and floral motifs emanating from a center medallion. The outside has floral panels and drapering. There are reign marks on the bottom of the bowl- probably a Chinese version of a Japanese Imari.
bowls (vessels)
enamel paint
gilding
porcelain
throwing (pottery technique)
floral patterns
Imari
ships
Porcelain
Enamel
Gilded
Thrown
Imari
Floral
Ship
Classical Figure
BOWL
In underglaze blue on the bottom underside are reign marks.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
China; Japan
3.75 (H), 9.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.522
Possibly China
Possibly Japan
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