A blue and white porcelain bowl


Ming dynastyThickly potted with an everted rim, deep well and tall foot, a flowering branch with spiky leaves resembling an oriental poppy painted in the roundel at the center of the well and along the exterior walls, the recessed base centered with a rectangular potter's mark and the celadon-tinged glaze covering most surfaces showing a wide web of craze lines (chipped foot).5 7/8in (15cm) diameter