CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN PHOENIX BOWL,Ming Dynasty / Qing Dynasty. Chenghua underglazed blue six character mark and period, together with a swatow bowl, floral decoration four dishes, bowl and a planter of various decoration - 7 1/2 in. diameter. Estimate $100-150
PROVENANCE: Estate of Betty Lou and Ambassador Arthur W. Hummel, Jr., Chevy Chase, MD. Arthur Hummel was captured by the Japanese after the Attack on Pearl Harbor; he escaped in 1944 and fought beside Chinese nationalist guerillas before entering the Foreign Service. He was the ambassador to Ethiopia, Burma, Pakistan and China and served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs during the Carter administration. Born in China to Christian missionaries, Hummel's family moved to the United States in 1927; shortly thereafter, his father, a noted Sinologist, was appointed the first Chief of Orientalia at the Library of Congress. .
