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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
1971,0406.2
Description
Porcelain dish with incised designs and green glaze. This dish has rounded sides and a flattened rim. The foot ring and base are glazed apart from a narrow ring for firing. The centre is decorated with an incised lotus, the well and outside undecorated. It is covered inside and out with an olive-green glaze.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Production date
1450-1550
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Longquan (town)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
China
Materials
porcelain
Ware
Longquan Ware
Technique
celadon-glazed
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
44.60 centimetres
Curator's comments
Harrison-Hall 2001: A similar dish but with a tree peony in the centre is in the pre-1611 collection of the Ardebil shrine.
Bibliographic references
Harrison-Hall 2001 / Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum
(16:76)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
lotus
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Mrs Isla Clifton Hemsley
Acquisition date
1971
Department
Asia
Registration number
1971,0406.2
Conservation
Treatment
: 23 Apr 1996