Blue and white porcelain footed bowl, Transitional period, c - Lot 196

Blue and white porcelain footed bowl, Transitional period, circa 1620-1660 Porcelain footed bowl (tazza) with wide, slightly undulating rim resting on a hollow flared foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a five-clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl among stylized clouds, rim decorated with wave motifs and foot highlighted with a frieze of pendants, base bearing an underglaze blue mark composed of the character 寶 (bao, "treasure"), an auspicious mark frequent during the transitional period between the late Ming and early Qing, production attributable to the Jingdezhen kilns in the XVIIᵉ century. Details: origin China, Jingdezhen; period circa 1620-1660; material blue and white porcelain; diameter 13.5 cm; height 6.2 cm; weight 296 g; condition good overall condition with typical small firing defects (firing points, ferruginous inclusions), surface wear consistent with age, no cracks or major restoration observed.