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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