Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Dish

One base/body/rim sherd from a small, shallow Chinese-export porcelain dish with blue underglaze painted design. The dish is possibly hexagonal, with unequal rounded sides. The base is flat and unglazed. The interior rim has a geometric floral pattern with clusters of fish roe and basket weaving and the interior base has a blue trellis diaper border with floral elements. There is obvious usewear along the interior edge of the rim. 

• Object number

  261.169

• Date made

  1690 - 1800

• Dimensions

  Height 0.75 inches

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Dish

• Patterns

  Trellis in Blue

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 2 West Side (624.261)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

• Techniques

  Press Molded