Dish
ca. 1600 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
In the Middle East, locally produced ceramics had a lower status than imported Chinese porcelain. Even the most impressive fritware dishes from Iran were made for use, whereas Chinese porcelain was for display.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Cer, China, Ming, blue and white; Porcelain rooms |
| Physical description | Kraak type dish painted with an assortment of objects in the centre, one of which is a scroll showing three of the eight trigrams. The border shows sunflower and miscellaneous objects within panels. |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | Chinese porcelain exported to the Middle East
China, Jingdezhen, about 1600
1723-1876(2009) |
| Object history | Purchased from Robert Murdoch Smith, accessioned in 1876. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. From the RICHARD collection, Iran |
| Production | Border VII.2 |
| Summary | In the Middle East, locally produced ceramics had a lower status than imported Chinese porcelain. Even the most impressive fritware dishes from Iran were made for use, whereas Chinese porcelain was for display. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1723-1876 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2000 |
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