Title
Large blue and white dish with floral scrolls
Year/Period
Yongle period (1403-1424), Ming dynasty
Region
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: L:7.5 x W:40 cm
Accession No.
1999-00447
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr Saiman ErnawanMr. Saiman Ernawan, c/o Mdm. Lim Siew Yong, Raffles Fine Art Auctioneers Pte. Ltd
This large blue-and-white dish is decorated with floral scrolls at the centre and a frieze of eleven different flowers scrolling around the well. The rim has a band of swirling crested waves. It was painted with strong underglaze-blue pigments rich in iron oxide. Such large dishes were made for the domestic market but also exported to the Middle East, where it became a part of courtly collections.
