Bell-shaped bowl with pierced sides and medallions with molded and gilded figures, Bell-shaped bowl of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. The wall of the bowl is cut away with five medallions in it. In four medallions, two modeled and gilded figures, the Eight Immortals, the last medallions with a representation of Shoulao. The underside of the wall and the outer edge with a band with floral scrolls in low relief. The bottom is unglazed. Some chips in the edge, a crack in the wall. Golding probably from a later date and added in Europe. Ming porcelain in blue and white., anonymous, China,

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