The bowl is decorated with three peony sprays in cream, with turquoise and blue foliage and stalks on a purple ground, with thickened rim and recessed base. The interior is covered in a turquoise glaze.

Bowls of this shape were probably intended for holding water or burning incense and were particularly popular in Japan. They are represented in a number of major museums round the world.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 43

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 17 March 1955 (£250)

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2