Late 18th C. Large Hand-painted Chinese Export Serving/Punch Bowl with Gorgeous Staple Repairs blue and white lidded stoneware crock The exterior egg measures 2

The exterior egg measures 2 3/4" tall x 1 5/16" wide

nice now as a sculptural one

With what looks to be some faint handwritten text in a couple of spots too

) carved into the well at one end

and so pretty I think

Late 18th C. Large Hand-painted Chinese Export Serving/Punch Bowl with Gorgeous Staple Repairs blue and white lidded stoneware crock The exterior egg measures 2Yum! A great big late 18th century "Armorial" Chinese Export porcelain bowl, typically described as a punch bowl, with a long band of staple repairs extending from one side to the other across the bottom and all the way up to the lip on both sides, plus a few extra around the rim to boot. With finely hand painted designs in gold and navy, including monograms on opposite sides, and floral sprigs in between and at the interior center. I'm a sucker for