Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Plate

Four mending base, body and rim sherds from a Chinese Export porcelain plate with blue underglaze painted decoration. The central motif is encircled by a blue spearhead diaper pattern. The rim has a repeating butterfly and floral pattern below a worn rim. The plate appears to be subtly trimmed and may possibly be octagonal in shape. The central motif consists of a large stylized tree surrounded by large flowers. The base has an unglazed, undercut footring. This vessel consists of three mended sherds and one sherd that mends but is not mended to the vessel. 

• Object number

  279.313, 279.399, 279.491, 293.29

• Date made

  1722 - 1800

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Spearhead in Blue

  Butterfly

  Floral Landscape

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 3 (624.293)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring, Undercut

• Ware types

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

  Chinese

• Techniques

  Press Molded