T21 A “Carabao” bowl, Jiajing, Ming Dynasty

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Description

Description:   Chinese porcelain bowl decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with a water buffalo at the bottom and four galloping animals on the outside, being two of them water buffalos and the other two not exactly identified; they look like antelopes but it is just a vague resemblance. The Carabao or water buffalo is a symbol of the coming of spring and abundance as well as fertility for the coming year.

Dating:  16th century, Jiajing, Ming dynasty.

Size:  12 cm diameter

Provenance:  Antiquarian market

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