Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1368-1398 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus,flower
Dimensions:Diameter: 46.60 centimetres Height: 9.60 centimetres Weight: 5.05 kilograms
Description:
Large porcelain serving dish with bracket-lobed rim and underglaze red decoration. This heavily potted serving dish has rounded bracket-lobed sides and a flat rising rim with a thick bracketed edge, supported by a low wedge-shaped foot ring. The dish is painted under the glaze with copper oxide in solution which has fired, for the most part, dull grey. Surrounding a central medallion of three large and two small tree-peony blooms are sixteen single lotus alternately in full bloom and turning into seed pods; the rim is decorated with foliage scroll. The outside is ornamented on the walls with the same lotus as in the cavetto and underneath the rim is a wave border. The base is unglazed and has fired a streaky brick-red.
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![图片[1]-dish BM-1975-1028.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_01039997_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-dish BM-1975-1028.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00355417_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-dish BM-1975-1028.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00252990_001.jpg)
![图片[4]-dish BM-1975-1028.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_01075997_001.jpg)
Comments:
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:lotus,flower
Dimensions:Diameter: 46.60 centimetres Height: 9.60 centimetres Weight: 5.05 kilograms
Description:
Large porcelain serving dish with bracket-lobed rim and underglaze red decoration. This heavily potted serving dish has rounded bracket-lobed sides and a flat rising rim with a thick bracketed edge, supported by a low wedge-shaped foot ring. The dish is painted under the glaze with copper oxide in solution which has fired, for the most part, dull grey. Surrounding a central medallion of three large and two small tree-peony blooms are sixteen single lotus alternately in full bloom and turning into seed pods; the rim is decorated with foliage scroll. The outside is ornamented on the walls with the same lotus as in the cavetto and underneath the rim is a wave border. The base is unglazed and has fired a streaky brick-red.
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