Chinese Ceramic Bowl

A creamy bowl with a swirl-worn center and a bare foot.

This slip-decorated pottery bowl from China is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Chinese potters have decorated ceramics with slip for many centuries, including in regional kilns that made sturdy bowls for everyday food and drink. A rounded, conical bowl covered in a pale straw-colored glaze that thins toward the unglazed base. The inside shows a wide ring and patchy brown staining at the center, with faint throwing lines on the wall. It is 2.25 inches high and 6.5 in diameter.

Plain, patched, and honestly used for years.