A low, wide mottled purple ceramic basin with small pointed feet and a blue band with small, tan circles widely spaced out along the top lip. The inside is blue.

Circular Basin with Drum-Nail Decor and Three Cloud Scroll Feet

Chinese

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

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