Variety Bowl, ca. 1879–85 (CH 18669369)

Circular form with slightly concave rim, the white crackled ground with Japanese-inspired transfer printed polychrome decoration: stylized flowers and leaves on rim, the well with a panel and two medallions respectively, showing a crane(?) in landscape, a bird in flight over flowering branch, and a geometric pattern; all superimposed on a sprig of naturalistically rendered yellow flowers on a field of small leafy stems.