• Dimension: Height: 1 7/8 in (4.5 cm) Diameter: 7 5/8 in (19.3 cm)
• Estimate From: $2200
• Estimate To: $4200

The interior finely enamelled with three boys playing in a garden setting, enclosed in a double line ring, the exterior body painted with foliate scrolls, the underside inscribed with chenghua reign mark. Ming Dynasty period.

嬰戲題材在瓷器上的運用首見於成化官窯，後朝均有所承襲。此碗造型優美，敞口， 弧腹，圈足。庭院之中諸童嬉戲 ，形象地表現出兒童在嬉戲中生動活潑的姿態，各個生動傳神，將童稚世界的無憂無慮表現而出，這正和受儒家教育的中國傳統文人淡泊的思想符合，也與道教所推崇的無慾思想所契合。圖紋佈局疏密有致，畫法層次豐富而不亂，畫工古拙而樸實，胎釉精良，釉層厚腴，青花髮色艷麗純正，器底書“大明成化年制”款識，為成化官窯難得之佳品。