Deep circular bowl form with flaring sides terminating in wide mouth; underglaze blue Willow pattern with central blue circular band with thin characters enclosed by large scrolls at bowl interior; sides decorated with three rows of rice grain pattern; piercings filled with glaze; exterior decorated with three border bands.
bowls (vessels)
porcelain
underglazing
Canton (Chinese painting style)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Underglazed
Canton
Willow
BOWL
Chinese character mark on bottom.
Willow
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
Canton, China
1.75 x 8.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.844