Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Dish

Approximately half of a Chinese-export provincial porcelain saucer dish from the Late Seventeenth or Early Eighteenth Century. The dish has a light blue with hints of a greenish tint underglaze painted chrysanthemums and vines. The motif is surrounded by a thin double concentric circle and there is an underglaze line painted around the interior rim. The dish has a tall, unglazed footring. The porcelain body has many sandy inclusions and a manufacturing defect on the bottom of base by the footring. The dish measures to 8 inches in diameter and 1.25 inches in height. Consists of eight mended sherds.

• Object number

  279.245, 279.408, 279.407, 279.404, 279.284, 279.287, 293.32, 261.85

• Date made

  Late Seventeenth or Early Eighteenth Century

• Dimensions

  Height 1.25 inches

  Rim Diameter 8 inches

  Foot Diameter 4.3 inches

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Dish

• Patterns

  Floral

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tea/Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 3 (624.293)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded