A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE `MANTOUXIN' BOWL MARK AND PERIOD OF CHENGHUA

the finely potted body with gently curved sides rising from a concave base to a slightly everted rim, the interior with a central raised boss, delicately painted in subtle underglaze-blue tones with a medallion enclosing a lanca character, encircled at the rim with a classic scroll band, the exterior with a band of inter-locking double C-shaped lotus strapwork scrolls, all below a key-fret band at the rim