Large bowl of Chinese porcelain from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman Witte Leeuw

anonymous

before 1613

porcelain

Rijksmuseum

A blue and white porcelain bowl with floral motifs is shown against a plain background. The bowl is cracked and appears to have been repaired in several places. A large bowl. The design on the inside flat consists of a hibiscus which is encircled by two thin bands. The inside of the lip-rim has a key-fret pattern. On the outside a scroll of peonies is drawn and on the lip-rim two small bands.