Bowl, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-24). Diameter: 15.9 cm, Height: 8.1 cm. Given by Mrs W. Roberts in memory of A.D. Brankston, C.15-1952 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017.

Bowl, hemispherical body becoming slightly pointed towards base, rather high footrim trimmed flat, the underside of the base being slightly conical. Inside a running scroll of leaves and rosette-like flowers, below a border composed of bisected trefoils disposed alternately in the angles of a zigzag line. In the centre, a quatrefoil rosette within a narrow border, encircled by a row of ogival panels interlaced by a series of linked trefoils. Outside four formalised flowers alternating with decorative motives below a narrow border of running plant-scroll. Round the footring, a running wave-scroll. Radiating from the base, a calyx of lanceolate leaf-forms.