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Object 2010646
Small dish
China
1595-1645
Height 34 mm (1.34 inch), diameter of rim 140 mm (5.51 inch), diameter of footring 68 mm (2.68 inch), weight 110 grams (3.888 ounce (oz.))
Small dish on footring, everted and scalloped rim. The meisande, or petalled, style decoration in underglaze blue with a duck-in-a-pond next to a flowering chrysanthemum encircled by an eight-pointed scalloped medallion. On the sides eight round, or onion shaped, medallions, filled with peaches alternating with precious symbols. In between each medallion a single looped bow. On the reverse eight broad panels with lingzhi alternating with flowering sunflower. (Pijl-Ketel 1982, pp.270-283)
According to Rinaldi this dish can be classified as a border VIII dish. In Border VIII dishes rims are always straight with a slightly flared and foliated edge. The panels on the gently curved cavetto are transformed into round or drop-shaped medallions. These are separated from the usual eight-pointed centre medallion by thickly drawn brackets. Dishes of this type are usually small (from 130 mm (5.11 inch) to 200 mm (7.87 inch) in diameter. Auspicious symbols have become the most common decoration in the centre medallions, but floral motifs or animal appear as well. The grasshopper emerges as a favourite decoration. The underside is divided into sections by a single line bifurcated near the footrim. Each section contains stylized symbols or jewels and dots. (Rinaldi 1989, pp.109-111)
Condition: Some shallow glaze rough spots and a firing flaw with a short connected hairline to the rim to the rim.
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Price: Sold.
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