Tea bowl

The bowl is complete, except for a small chip under the inner rim. It is circular in shape. The wall is flared at the top, the rim is straight and the top is plain. The wall curves at the base towards the sock, which is flat. The bowl rests on a straight ring-shaped foot. The bottom is recessed and flat. There are slight defects on the outer wall. There are traces of wear on the foot. The inner base shows numerous traces of wear. The internal glaze is dull. The body is stained and beige in places ; The decoration is hand-painted in polychrome of pink, red, green, brown and blue over glaze. It features a floral motif. Under the inner rim, there is a braid traced in red and trimmed with a pearl lattice painted in dark pink on a pink background. The braid is underlined by a red line, from which emerge groups of oblique lines of decreasing length painted in red. The main decoration, on the outer wall, consists of two oval medallions on opposite sides; they are made of two alternating elements: two leafy stems trimmed in the center with a rose, and a broad line painted blue and trimmed with six pearls on either side, painted red and traced in brown and painted green. Each medallion features a group of flowers painted in pink and red, with leaves painted in blue, traced in brown and painted green. Between the medallions is a small leafy stem in bloom.