Large porcelain fish bowl

Large porcelain fishbowl with blue and white decoration of dragons among bubbling waves. Wanli mark in line on the slightly swollen neck.

Height: 49 cm
Diameter: 55.5 cm

Neck and general surface showing wear consistent with the age of the object.

Provenance: Spoerry Collection, inventoried in the collection notebook under number 1010bis.

An invoice from Yamanaka & Co. in Kyoto dated April 1921 accompanies this lot.

A Chinese Wanli mark and period blue and white fish bowl with dragons scrolling amidst wavy waters. Base unglazed.

Provenance: Spoerry collection, mentioned in the collector’s personal inventory under the number 1010bis.

An invoice from Yamanaka & Co. dated of April 1921 comes with this lot.