Chinese Ceramic Vessel

Wide pale-green bowl sits low on three small peg feet.

This porcelain vessel from Jingdezhen is from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, and dates to the 20th century. Porcelain is a hard, fine ceramic fired at high temperatures, and the town's potters divide the work among many specialists, from throwers to painters. Broad, shallow vessel with rounded sides and a short inward rim, standing on three tiny pointed feet. The glaze is pale celadon fading to grey-white, thick and glossy with a smooth, simple finish. It is 4.5 inches high and 11 in diameter.

Low to the table and calm about it.