A Chinese blue and white bowl, Ming Dynasty, Chenghua period, rising from a short tapered foot to deep sides and flared rim, painted to the central roundel with a visvajra within a double circle, further decorated with beaded chains linking abstract flower bouquets to the walls, base glazed,14.5cm diameterCf. For a similar bowl, please see Jiang Xi Ci Ye Quan Ji, Ming Dynasty, Yuan Tie edited, 2007, Beijing : Zhao hua chu ban she, pg. 24明成化 青花‘金剛杵’紋盌注：同類器物請參考《江西瓷業全集明代》,鐵源主編，2007年，北京：趙華出版社，第24頁。  Condition Report: General surface wearmensurate with age, a glaze line from the foot rim of approx. 4cm, an area of denting to the glaze of approx. 0.8cm across, tiny nibbles to the foot rim.