18th. Century Octagonal Antique Chinese Porcelain Bleu De Hue (Blue & White) Landscape Bowl

Description

Very rare Chinese octagonal bowl painted with continuous highly detailed mountain and lake scenes with sampans and junks in underglaze … more Very rare Chinese octagonal bowl painted with continuous highly detailed mountain and lake scenes with sampans and junks in underglaze blue. Small Chinese houses and temples nestle in the hills and mountains. This wonderful bowl is from the 18th century or earlier and is characteristic of the prized Bleu de Hue designs which were made for the Vietmanese market.
No Markings. Age: 18th Century. Highly collectable.

Acquired from a collector of Chinese porcelains who has amassed such over the last 40 years.
Listed by East2West Furniture Florida.
Condition: Excellent.
Dimensions: 4 1/2" tall x 7 1/4" diameter. Foot rim is 4" diameter. 1.9 pounds.
From the 1700s onwards, kings of the Le-Trinh dynasty in Vietnam ordered porcelain from China for their court. This type is named after Hue, the 19th-century capital of the last royal dynasty in Vietnam, the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945). Although Chinese artisans executed the painting, Vietnamese rulers. less