Big plate with floral decoration in radiating panels
| Accession Nr.: | 3939 |
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| Type: | vessel; pottery |
| Date of production: |
1573–1619
Ming dynasty |
| Place of production: |
| Materials: | porcelain |
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| Techniques: | underglaze blue |
| Dimensions: | height: 8.9 cm diameter: 51.2 cm |
This is a large blue and white plate with a slightly curving rim. The plate belongs to a characteristic type of earliest Chinese porcelains produced for foreign markets (Wanli reighn). Presumably, it belonged to a 18th-century European interior, designed under the influence of China-mania.