Flower-shaped Dish

anoniem, c. 1000 - c. 1099

The white porcelain is covered with a transparent glaze of a vivid blue-green hue. Chinese experts called this colour ‘bluish-white’ (qingbai) or ‘shadow-blue’ (yingqing). These are descriptive terms for a group of white porcelain with a transparent blue-tinged glaze made in southern China.

  • Artwork typedish
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1701
  • Dimensionsdiameter 12.3 cm, diameter 3.2 cm, height 2.9 cm
  • Physical characteristicssteengoed met een lichtblauw glazuur