1-233-604 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Iron red kinrande bowl with gilt floral design, Ming dynasty, China, mid 16th century. A kinrande bowl with steeply rounded sides standing on a slightly tapering foot encircling a concave base. Between line borders the exterior is gilded on the rich iron-red ground with a continuous lotus meander with four large blooms among curling leaves. The rim and interior are glazed in white of bluish tint.