FOUR ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS,late 15th-early 16th century. Two of the deeper bowls with the character "phuc" or "chinh" written in cobalt beneath the glaze within an unglazed firing ring to the floor of the bell form cavetto and a disolved scroll band inside the flared rim, the exterior encircled by a flower and leafy scroll meander and jeweled lappets; the two shallow serving bowls centered by a blossom amid scrolling foliage, a flower and leafy scroll at the cavetto above a double band of cobalt, jeweled lappets on the reverse. Glaze degradation, minute chips - 9 in. diameter - 6 in. diameter. Estimate $600-700
