This large dish fragment has a landscape design of pagodas, rocks and trees in underglaze blue decoration.It was part of the 'Nanking Cargo' from the Geldermalse, VOC ship, wrecked in the South China Sea on its homeward journey with tea, blue and white porcelain and gold ingots.Wares made of coarser porcelain or stoneware from southern China were also purchased for trade at destinations en route to Europe. The Geldermalsen was on course for the Cape of Good Hope, and as there was little demand for such heavy wares in Europe, it is thought that these were destined for the South African market.
