FOUR ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS,late 15th-early 16th century. Two with shell form flower drawn in cobalt centering the floor of the bell form cavetto, a dissolved classic scroll band inside the everted rim, the exterior encircled by a continuous flower and leafy scroll meander and jeweled lappets; the larger shallow bowls with a blossom at the center amid leafy tendrils, contained by a double band of cobalt below a flower and leafy scroll meander, jeweled lappets on the reverse. Some glaze degradation, pitting, staining - 9 1/2 in. diameter - 6 in. diameter. Estimate $600-700
