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Object 2011894

Dish

China

c.1700

Height 72 mm (2.83 inch), diameter of rim 335 mm (13.19 inch), diameter of footring 172/152 mm (6.77/5.98 inch), weight 1.723 grams (61.09 ounce (oz.))

Dish on a channel footring, with spreading sides. Decorated in underglaze blue. In the centre a roundel with a formal lotus flower framed by a border with circular ornaments and surrounded by dense foliate scrolls. On the sides eight symmetrically arranged pear-shaped palmettes. Around the rim an ornamental border. On the reverse an ornamental and spear-head border. Around the footring a border of pointed and folded lotus leaves.

The decoration on this dish has an Islamic character which is usually connected with porcelain destined for the Indian, Persian or Middle-Eastern markets. The palmettes are drawn from Islamic textile art that are, for instance, familiar from Mamluk, Safavid and Mogul Indian brocades. Palmettes of this kind are also to be seen on Indian 'bidri ware' metal objects adorned with silver inlay. Such pieces have also been collected in Indonesia as well. A good variety is illustrated by Krahl & Ayers in their catalogue of the Topkapi collection, Istanbul. (Jörg & Van Campen 1997, p.137, cat. 145), (Düsseldorf 2015, p.263)

For similarly decorated objects most likely made for the Indian, Persian or Middle-Eastern market, please see:

This dish has a channel footring. It is still not known what its function may have been, but possibly the dish - filled with food or offerings - was meant to be placed on a wooden stand, which would have made it more stable. Dishes with channel footrings first appear in the 1670s and were made until c.1700; they no longer appear in 18th-century assortments. (Jörg 2011/2, p.49)

Condition: An overall shallow rough rim with three (restored) chips (with a connected hairlines) and five single hairlines.

References:

Hartog 1990, cat. 37

Jörg & Van Campen 1997, cat. 145

Jörg 2011/2, cat. 23

Düsseldorf 2015, cat. 141

Suchomel 2015, cat. 144

Price: Sold.