Title
Blue and white dish with aster pattern
Year/Period
Qing dynasty, late 17th or early 18th century
Region
China
Material
Dimension
Object Size: 6.5 x 39.3 x 39.3 cm
Accession No.
2017-00262
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Pamela Hickley
This large dish is painted with a floral decoration known as the ‘China aster’ or ‘Aster pattern’, which some scholars have identified to be a stylized representation of chrysanthemums. This Chinese porcelain motif was popular among overseas consumers in the Ottoman empire, Arab world and Europe. Large Chinese porcelain dishes were popular with Muslim consumers in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, as they served their communal dining habits well. In Indonesia, these large-sized porcelains were also occasionally used as offering dishes in ritual ceremonies.
