All blue and white porcelain, the bowl, footed, with floral patterns on its exterior with an interior medallion featuring the "Three Friends" - pine, prunus and bamboo. Glaze pops, wear to the base (1.75 x 6 in.); the saucers, somewhat later, are footed and feature highly stylized plant life. Reportedly from the Philippines. One piece with scattered iron deposits in the glaze (1 x 6 in.).

Private Collection, Wilmington, North Carolina

Examined under black light.

$300 - 600