dish (food service)

Porcelain dish with deep cavetto, flattened rim and incurving footring. Decorated with cobalt blue pigment painted under clear glaze. Cluster of grapes, vine leaves and tendrils encircled by double rings in the centre, a band of floral sprays alternating with eight precious objects on flat rim; a conch shell, two lozenges, a scroll, cymbals, a flute, lingzhi fungus and castanets. Two bands of floral sprays on exterior, a band of classic scroll outside footring. Base is painted with dark brown slip. Dishes of this type were mainly exported to the Islamic market.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn1733
Date
15th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 86 x 450mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
porcelain; mineral pigment; glaze; slip
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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