Dish of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. The central image is of a man seated on a throne flanked by two martial figures. To the right there is a bending female figure with arms crossed (in supplication?). Behind her is a man and another is moving away to the right. On a pavement in the foreground there is a seated dog (?), and a kneeling woman places an elaborate casket, the lid of which is nearby, before the feet of the seated man. The scene is painted in blue, yellow, dull green and manganese-purple and is contained within semi-circular panels in blue. The border has ogival panels in blue with Chinese Wanli-derived decoration of birds and insects on rocks. Around them are cupids, animals, birds, grotesques and floral ornaments in similar colours to those used in the central scene. No obvious stilt marks. Body colour: Reddish buff.
Glaze: White. A lead-glaze and dull grey streaks of tin-glaze over a pale slip covers the entire back. The foot-rim has been wiped virtually entirely clean of glaze.
Shape: Lipski B with straight rim and vertical foot pierced with two holes before firing. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)