A RARE IRON-RED-GROUND BLUE AND WHITE SHALLOW BOWLSHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)The shallow bowl is decorated on the interior with a central chrysanthemum roundel surrounded by a ruyi-head band and eight lotus sprays supporting Buddhist emblems, all reserved on an iron-red ground. The exterior is decorated with four lingzhi, and the base is inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark in underglaze blue.7 in. (17.7 cm.) diam.