Terms and conditions of use
Dish
(early 15th century)
- Medium
- porcelain
- Measurements
- 6.5 × 33.8 cm diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, south-east China, China
- Accession Number
- 558-D4
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1946
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- 17th Century & Flemish Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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Ming blue-and-white porcelain of the first half of the fifteenth century shows a perfect balance between ornamental design – here a scrolling floral meander-and-wave border – and the space it occupies. The uneven, slightly blurred character of the underglaze cobalt decoration is caused by tiny bubbles in the thick glaze that distort the outlines. Wares of this type were avidly sought after in the Islamic world; such Ming porcelains inspired the design of ceramics produced at Iznik in Ottoman Anatolia.
- Physical description
- Deep dish, underglaze blue, interior floral scrolls, wave pattern at rim.