Blue and white bowl with tangled branches and flower patterns

[Blue and white flower bowl with tangled branches]

Blue and white flower bowl with tangled branches, Ming Hongwu, height 16.5 cm, caliber 40.5 cm, foot diameter 23 cm
The bowl has straight mouth, deep arc wall, and round foot. The interior and exterior are decorated with blue and white flowers. The inner bottom is painted with a circular pattern of broken branches peony, the inner wall is painted with tangled branches chrysanthemum, the mouth edge is painted with wave pattern and tangled branches ganoderma lucidum, the outer wall is painted with tangled branches peony, the near foot is painted with deformed lotus petal, the lotus petal is painted with flower pattern, and the outer wall is painted with a circular pattern. Apply white glaze inside the circle foot. No style
Most of the blue and white porcelain in the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty continued the style of the Yuan Dynasty. The shape of this porcelain was similar to that of the glaze bowl of the Yuan Dynasty, but there was a trend of evolution towards the shape of Yongle bowl, which was won by beauty later. The shape of this bowl is large and regular, and its lines are more rounded than those of the Yuan Dynasty. The strokes of the painted patterns are skilled, and the lines are smooth.

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