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Object 2012050

Dish

China

1720-1740

Height 44 mm (1.73 inch), diameter of rim 275 mm (10.83 inch), diameter of footring 157 mm (6.18 inch), weight 588 grams (20.74 ounce (oz.))

Dish on footring, panelled sides and undulating rim. Undecorated. Marked on the base with the symbol mark 'Mandarin mark of honour', in a double circle, underglaze blue.

In this monochrome state these type of 'raw' (undecorated) dishes did not belong to the regular assortment used for export to the West. Normally they would have been used for decorating with enamels or Chine de commande designs in Canton after which they were exported to the West. The few 'raw' dishes that did end up in the West were normally used for over-decorating. This rare example survived all decorators in China as well as in the West.

Condition: A firing flaw to the base, some glaze rough spots, a frit and a hairline to the rm.

Price: Sold.