Late 20th Century Large Pedestal Bowl With Floral Motif

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Piece Name: Hand-Painted Pedestal Bowl with Double Base
Style: Chinese / Asian Export
Materials: Porcelain
Dimensions: 15"W × … Read more Quick Hits
Piece Name: Hand-Painted Pedestal Bowl with Double Base
Style: Chinese / Asian Export
Materials: Porcelain
Dimensions: 15"W × 15"D × 4.75"H
Color: White ground with blue, green, yellow, and red hand-painted decoration
Features: Peacock centerpiece; intricate floral surround; double base; Chinese label on underside
Condition: Beautiful vintage condition — paint intact and vibrant, no significant imperfections
Why We Love It: A 15-inch hand-painted porcelain pedestal bowl with a peacock at center, a full floral surround, and that rare double base — decorative Chinese porcelain at its most visually generous.

More About This Item
The peacock is the focal point and the reason to stop. Rendered in the center of a 15-inch porcelain bowl in the blue, green, yellow, and red palette that Chinese export porcelain has used to extraordinary effect for centuries, it reads as both decorative and symbolic — the peacock in Chinese tradition carrying associations of dignity, protection, and renewal that give a decorative object an additional layer of meaning. The intricate floral surround frames the bird without competing with it, filling the bowl's interior with the kind of detailed hand-painted work that makes the piece more interesting the longer you look at it.

The double base is the construction detail worth noting — it gives the bowl an elevated, pedestal-like presence even at its modest 4.75-inch height, making the piece read as a proper display object rather than a flat dish. The Chinese label on the underside provides provenance confirmation. Paint is fully intact and vibrant, which at vintage age is the condition marker that serious porcelain collectors look for first.

At 15 inches wide, this bowl has the scale to hold a dining table or entry console on its own, or to anchor a grouping of Asian decorative objects without being overwhelmed by them.

Design Style
Chinese export porcelain — the centuries-long tradition of hand-painted decorative ware produced for both domestic Chinese markets and international export, characterized by white grounds, multi-color mineral pigments, and the floral and figurative imagery that made Chinese porcelain the most coveted decorative ceramic in the world for several hundred years. The peacock motif connects this piece to that tradition directly: birds, particularly the peacock and phoenix, have appeared in Chinese decorative arts since the Tang dynasty, carrying symbolic weight that the purely ornamental never achieves.

In current interiors, hand-painted Chinese porcelain bowls of this scale and condition work as statement centerpieces in traditional and eclectic rooms alike — on a dining table, a mantel, or an entry console where the colors read immediately against a neutral background.

Brand Legacy
Maker unspecified beyond the Chinese label on the underside. In the category of hand-painted Chinese export porcelain, the quality of the painting, the condition of the piece, and the integrity of the form carry more weight than a specific manufacturer. All three are present here. See less