Title
                                    
                                        Blue and white shard
                                    
                                Year/Period
                                    Yuan dynasty (1279-1368 CE)
                                Region
                                    Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
                                Object Type
                                    
                                Material
                                    
                                Dimension
                                    Object size: L9.4 x H2.5 x W3.8 cm
                                Accession No.
                                    1997-00086
                                Collection of
                                    
                                Credit Line
                                    Gift of Mr Loh Teh Soon
                                
This shard is decorated with cobalt blue pigment that was imported from Persia. It was then glazed and fired. The high iron content in imported cobalt results in dark spots upon firing. Part of a group of Yuan to early Ming blue and white porcelain shards found in Indonesia.
 
		 
                             
                             
                             
                            