Blue White Bowl

[Andy Dorset]

Hi Peter,
Heres another bowl which I found this Summer at a Boot Sale. I am not convinced it is Chinese as I am sure I have seen a similar bowl at some point that was described as Korean. Though I may be mistaken. It is 7 inches in diameter and 3 1/2 inches tall. There seems to be symbols within the decoration on the outer bowl. If you could give me your opinion on its age and origin I would be very interested to hear.
Thanks in advance for your time and expertise in advance,
Andy

[peterp]

Ming dynasty blue and white. Looks as if it could be early Ming.

[Andy Dorset]

Hi Peter, I was thinking ( hoping more) that perhaps it was Ming period so that's great news. It's not every day you can pick up something as old for ?2 so I am relatively happy.
Many thanks Peter, will post some more in a couple of weeks.
Andy

[GerryG]

Hi Andy, try researching your bowl a bit more on "koh antique" site. It's very informative and some parts of the site are accessible for free whilst full access is available for a modest fee depending how much research you want to do. Regards Gerry