Set of Three Chinese Medallion Porcelain Bowls

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Set of three Chinese medallion porcelain bowls, three finely formed circular bowls, two with blue and white interior glazes, one … Read more Set of three Chinese medallion porcelain bowls, three finely formed circular bowls, two with blue and white interior glazes, one with polychrome glazes, and all three with a dark blue glazed exterior and a white glazed inset base. The interior side of all three bowls is decorated with a repeating design of blue curling vines bracketed by double trim lines above and below. The interior bottom of the center bowl has a large, arched, quatrefoil medallion enclosing a painting of a seated louhan in a rockgarden amid a plum tree and crane. The medallions of the right and left side bowls enclose a painting of a pair of fenghuangs amid flowering, leafy vines, the right in blue and white and the left in polychrome glazes. A blue, four character, Yongle, reign mark in Zhuanshu script within a circle surrounded by a curving vine is glazed to the inset bases of the bowls. Three traditional, Chinese, black, plate stands are included. Circa Republic of China era or earlier.

each bowl: 1.5" high x 7.125" diameter

each plate stand: 6" high x 4.5" wide x 3" deep See less