This shallow form with the edges turned outward was referred to as a ‘Footless Winebowl’ as there are several examples with inscriptions referring to wine drinking. This example has a leafy floral spray incised at the centre. Similar forms were made at Jingdezhen during the late Ming and Transitional period (1620–1683). Incised inscriptions or floral decoration were typical embellishments on these Dehua bowls.Dehua, located on the southeast coast of Fujian province, is well known for its production of white porcelain, known to Europeans as 'blanc de Chine'. The earliest Dehua porcelain was produced as early as the 14th century but the production and quality of these porcelain peaked around the 17th and 18th centuries.
