Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:horse/ass bird
Dimensions:Diameter: 18.80 centimetres Height: 2.50 centimetres
Description:
Octagonal porcelain dish with ‘kraak’-type underglaze blue decoration. The shallow dish has eight-lobed rounded sides, a flat octagonal rim and a low tapering foot. It is painted inside in underglaze blue with a horse lying on a rock flanked by chrysanthemum and shrubs, which also ornament the radiating panels on the rim. The outside shows a bird perched on a branch repeated twice and the rim has alternating ‘ruyi’ and lozenge patterns.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A larger dish with a decagonal rim is painted in a similar style with two magpies in a landscape in the pre-1611 collection of the Ardebil shrine.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:horse/ass bird
Dimensions:Diameter: 18.80 centimetres Height: 2.50 centimetres
Description:
Octagonal porcelain dish with ‘kraak’-type underglaze blue decoration. The shallow dish has eight-lobed rounded sides, a flat octagonal rim and a low tapering foot. It is painted inside in underglaze blue with a horse lying on a rock flanked by chrysanthemum and shrubs, which also ornament the radiating panels on the rim. The outside shows a bird perched on a branch repeated twice and the rim has alternating ‘ruyi’ and lozenge patterns.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A larger dish with a decagonal rim is painted in a similar style with two magpies in a landscape in the pre-1611 collection of the Ardebil shrine.
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