Large porcelain bowl from China known as Swatow, Wanli (1573-1620).

Large Chinese Swatow porcelain bowl decorated in blue and white in the center with a compass rose with celestial constellations, then two caravels facing each other; a poison rising from the waves facing a landscape with two ornamental Chinese doors on a wooded mountain background, surrounded by flowers and flowering branches. Stylized escutcheons and birds alternating with large flowers in reserves on the wing, surrounded by squares and Chinese flowers.
Circa 1600-1619. Wanli period (1573-1620).
Swatow, Zhangzhou prefecture (Fujian province).
Diameter: 46.5 cm; Height: 13.5 cm.
Chipping at around 10 o'clock, extended by a crack extending to the basin, and a small chip picked up after the firing crack visible at 5 o'clock on the rim.
Cf. Maria Antonia Pinto de Matos, the RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics, A collector's Vision, Jorge Welsh Books 2011, Tome I n°80 page 208.