Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Plate

Chinese Export porcelain plate base/body/rim sherd with a blue underglaze painted decoration and a brown dressed rim. The central motif features a Pavilion landscape with mountains, a body of water, various types of trees, a fisherman and a teahouse. The central motif is encircled with a blue trellis diaper pattern. The rim also has a single line of blue trellis, following the octagonal shape of the plate. The rim is subtly trimmed into an octagonal shape, and the footring is both unglazed and undercut. Consists of twelve mended sherds and one sherd that mends but is not mended/glued. Duplicate vessel in neighboring context indicates that this was part of a possible set.

• Object number

  279.409, 279.312, 279.293, 279.397, 279.454, 279.518, 279.398, 279.412, 279.317, 279.316, 279.506, 293.66, 293.52

• Date made

  1690 - 1800

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 9 inches

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Trellis in Blue

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 3 (624.293)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded