Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Plate

Part of a Chinese Export porcelain plate consisting of seven base, body and rim sherds with a sloppy blue underglaze painted decoration. The footring is unglazed and undercut. There is a painted Pavilion landscape motif on the face of the plate with trees and partial tea house visible. Encircling the central motif is a blue trellis diaper pattern. The rim has a floral, geometric and fish roe diaper pattern. The plate is most likely octagonal with a very subtly trimmed rim. Consists of six mended sherds and one sherd that mends but is not mended/glued.

• Object number

  430.80, 430.99, 430.123, 430.95, 430.26, 279.310, 279.309

• Date made

  1785 - 1800

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Trellis in Blue

  Pavilion Landscape

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 4 (624.430)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

• Techniques

  Press Molded