dish BM-PDF-A.600

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1403-1424
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed, incised,

Dimensions:Diameter: 343 millimetres Height: 62 millimetres

Description:
Large porcelain dish. Underglaze blue with scrolling flower heads inside and outside. Unglazed base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming early 15th century Room 95 label text:PDF A600Large serving dish with composite flower scrollPotters working at Jingdezhen used a blue-generating cobalt pigment imported from the Middle East or Central Asia at this time. It diffuses in patches through the transparent glaze and after cooling appears black where it has burnt through the glaze and pale blue where it is thin. Serving dishes of this type were exported to Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. These dishes were more suited to foreign dining than Chinese cuisine, which requires a variety of smaller bowls and containers. This example is decorated with a composite flower scroll in the centre.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Yongle reign, AD1403–1424 PDF A600纏枝花紋大餐盤這一時期景德鎮陶工們燒青花所使用的鈷青料從中東或中亞進口。由於部分鈷青料會穿過透明釉擴散進去，經燒造並冷卻後，鈷料燒透瓷釉處會呈現黑色，鈷料稀薄處為灰藍色。此種類型的餐盤曾外銷至東南亞、印度及中東。這類盤子更適用於外國飲食方式而非中國餐飲，後者需要多種小碗及容器。盤心裝飾纏枝花卉紋組合。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，永樂，1403-1424年