"Shan Shui" Blue and White Fish Bowl

This grand, blue-and-white porcelain bowl is hand-painted with a traditional shan shui pattern, a form of Chinese landscape painting that uses delicate, feathery brushstrokes. Chinese blue-and-white ceramics have inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. Striking and colorful, blue and white bowls of this scale are ideal as fish ponds, planters, and decorative objects.