CHINESE ARCHAISTIC HAN-STYLE POTTERY BOWL

CHINESE ARCHAIC-REVIVAL CERAMIC BOWL WITH TAIJI AND HAN PICTORIAL RELIEF, 20TH CENTURY, HAN DYNASTY STYLE WHEEL-THROWN AND HAND-DECORATED POTTERY FEATURING A GLOSSY BLACK GLAZED INTERIOR CENTERED BY A SLIP-PAINTED YIN-YANG (TAIJI) ROUNDEL IN THE CAVETTO. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE WORKED IN MULTI-TIERED REGISTERS COMBINING CARVED, INCISED, AND SLIP-PAINTED TECHNIQUES OVER A MATTE BUFF-GREY GROUND: UPPER TIER: PICTORIAL NARRATIVE FRIEZE DIVIDED INTO PANELS INSPIRED BY HAN DYNASTY TOMB BRICK RELIEFS, DEPICTING AGRICULTURAL AND DAILY SCENES MIDDLE TIER: FEATURING STRIDING IMMORTALS, DRAGONS, AND RUNNING ZOOSPORIC FIGURES. LOWER REGISTER & BASE: FINISHED WITH A GLOSSY BLACK GROUND INCISED WITH LARGE ARCHAIC CHARACTERS AND RADICALS THE UNGLAZED RECESSED BASE REVEALING A WHEEL-TRIMMED EARTHENWARE BODY. 4 IN HIGH, 10.25 IN DIAMETER (RIM)