Large Chinese Ming dynasty porcelain basin with blue and white underglaze decoration. The central ground filled with a profusion of lotus blossoms and constituent scrolling tendrils, surmounted by a thick ruyi head border with a lower border in an acanthus leaf design.

Provenance: The collection of Bruce Dayton and Ruth Stricker Dayton – Selections from The Marsh, Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Height: 10 in x Diameter: 23 in.