Bowl with boys playing, Ming dynasty, Tianshun to Chenghua period, AD1457–87, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration. Height: 122 millimetres, Diameter: 224 millimetres. Sir Percival David Foundation of Art, PDF 600 © 2017 Trustees of the British Museum

Deep porcelain bowl. Underglaze blue with primary scene of the Hundred Boys, featuring 20 boys variously playing. Band of ruyi-shaped clouds just below the rim, and squared spirals around the foot. 

Chinese people regard genre scenes of children playing as auspicious, representing a wish for many sons.