Blue and white plate with small bird

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 61.372.1
Type: pottery
Date of production:
18 – 19th century
Place of production:
Materials/Techniques: porcelain, underglaze blue
Dimensions: height: 2.8 cm
diameter: 15.3 cm
Small porcelain plate with underglaze blue decoration. The centre is decorated with Chinese inscriptions among rocks, bamboo, plum blossom and bird motifs, with the same decorative design and additional characters (difficult to read) on the back. The object was an exchange gift from the Museum of History of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the collection of the Hopp Museum in 1961.