dish BM-1947-0712.207.a-b

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1620 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:amphibian insect
Dimensions:Diameter: 10.80 centimetres Height: 3 centimetres

Description:
Two small porcelain dishes with underglaze blue decoration. These small dishes are thinly potted, each with a slightly everted rim and recessed base. They are similarly decorated in underglaze blue with a toad squatting on a rock, surrounded by plants and staring up at a butterfly and flying insect in the sky. Outside are two bird-in-branch motifs emanating from the rim. Both dishes are marked with the same four archaic characters in a square: ‘Bo wu zhai zang’ [Collection of the Studio of Many Things].
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:An identical mark appears on a dish depicting a grasshopper among plants and other insects in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London.