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Artist name:

south Chinese, probably Fukien province



Artwork title:

Shallow dish


Description: Blue and white shallow dish; provincial coarse porcelain, 'grove porseleinen' in Dutch; coarse greyish body, heavily potted, burning light ochre on exposed part not covered by the glaze; shallow foot rim; blueish white glaze; a ring on the interior base is left unglazed; greyish blue cobalt underglaze painted design of birds in primitive, quick rendering; exterior of dish decorated with 5 rings in underglaze blue; the exterior base is unglazed. South Chinese domestic or export ware to the Philippines, to the East Indian Archipelago. Probably made in the Fukien province.

Artwork date(s): 18th century or later
Artwork type: Eastern Collection
Medium: ceramic, glaze
Measurements: H:40 Diam:210
Accession number: 505

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