Of circular form, the wide shallow sides rising from a circular footring, decorated in a bright mottled blue glaze thinning at the rim, the interior with a single splash of purple and reddish purple that extends from the rim to the centre of the bowl’s interior. On the exterior the glaze stops short of the unglazed foot, where it pools in thick drops. The unglazed stoneware is fired to a dark orange tone. Period: Song/Yuan. Diameter: 20 cm.