Antique Chinese Bleu de Hue Lotus Pond Bowl Metal Rim Vietnamese Market 26cm Wedgwood This honest patina enhances its

This honest patina enhances its character and confirms its status as a genuine antique rather than a modern reproduction

with no evidence of over‑painting

this Limoges oyster plate transforms every meal into a sophisticated occasion

Collectors of antique ceramics

Antique Chinese Bleu de Hue Lotus Pond Bowl Metal Rim Vietnamese Market 26cm Wedgwood This honest patina enhances itsA large and impressive Chinese blue and white porcelain "lotus pond" bowl made for the Vietnamese market, of the type known to collectors as Bleu de Hu. Late 19th century, with the rim mounted in white metal as was customary for Vietnamese market porcelain of the late Qing period. "Bleu de Hu" is the term used by collectors for Chinese blue and white porcelain produced for the Vietnamese court and the wider Vietnamese market during the Nguyen dynasty