A Fine Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Porcelain Bowl – Jiajing reign. The outer wall is decorated with a scrolling peony pattern whilst the inner pattern features lotus flowers in "white on blue". Diameter 14.5 cm (5.75 inches). There is the usual "fritting" to the glaze at the rim edge seen on most porcelain of this period. Fine condition with a good ring when tapped and no repair or restoration. Ming Dynasty, Jiajing reign (1522 - 1566). For reference: an almost identical bowl is shown on page 155 of the 1978 Southeast Asian Ceramics Society book "Chinese Blue & White Ceramics" by S. T. Yeo & Jean Martin. Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.