Blue and white dish with ruyi heads Ming dynasty

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Manager ID

146

Title

Blue and white dish with ruyi heads Ming dynasty, Chenghua mark and period (1467-85)

Short title

Blue and white dish with ruyi heads Ming dynasty

Record number

BATEA : 144

Simple name

dish

Classified name

ceramic; porcelain; blue and white; Ming; Chenghua; floral; lotus; China; period mark; dish; ruyi; imperial;

Description

Description part summary

A small blue and white dish of circular shape, the shallow flared sides at a sharp angle, decorated on the exterior with a frieze of detached stylised lotus sprays divided from a frieze of cloud scrolls beneath the rim by a zig-zag line. The flat centre with a medallion of interlaced ruyi heads and lotus buds encloses a circle within a double line border. The underglaze blue of soft tone beneath a waxy glaze, burnt orange present in a thin line where the glaze meets the body.

Description material

porcelain

Description condition

good

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	white
decoration	underglaze blue

Description length

Description height

1.9cm

Description diameter

8.3cm

Description width

Description depth

Description inscription

6 character Chenghua mark within double bordered rectangle in underglaze blue on base

Description notes

Gallery location

Case 1-27

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