A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FLYING HORSES' LOBED BOWL

16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

The deep U-shaped body painted to the exterior with horses in flight over crashing waves above floral sprays, the interior decorated with a continuous scene of pagodas, houses and boats in a rocky setting, with a medallion containing a similar landscape scene to the well, surrounded by stylised flaming flowers and ruyi-heads, with a four character mark to the base, 21.5cm.