A PAIR OF MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE 'MANTOUXIN' BOWLS, QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD | 清雍正 青花纏枝蓮紋饅頭心盌一對

A PAIR OF MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE 'MANTOUXIN' BOWLS

QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD

清雍正 青花纏枝蓮紋饅頭心盌一對

each with gently rounded sides rising from a concave base, painted to the interior in tones of deep blue with a central quatrefoil motif encircled by a band of floral scrolls and interlaced scrollwork below cresting waves within double lines, the exterior with a formal lotus scroll above pendent spearheads and upright lappets around the base 

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Diameter of each 15.6 cm, 6⅛ in.