This bowl has landscape and floral designs in underglaze blue decoration. It was part of the 'Nanking Cargo' retrieved from the Geldermalse, a Dutch East India Company ship, wrecked in the South China Sea on its homeward journey with tea, blue and white porcelain and gold ingots.The Geldermalsen cargo included many wares with underglaze blue decoration. These included large quantities of dinner plates, bowls such as this example, tea pots, tea, coffee and chocolate cups and saucers.
