White ware dish with floral decoration

On display

The technique of firing on the rim, upside-down (fu shao) was developed in the north for local kiln design, and adopted at southern kilns.

Title

White ware dish with floral decoration
Associated place

Jiangxi province (place of creation)
Date

Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)
Material and technique

porcelain, with incised decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); glazed base, unglazed rim
Material index

porcelain
Technique index

incised;

glazed
Object type

dish
Dimensions

2.5 cm (height)
14.2 cm (diameter)
at foot 11 cm (diameter)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
Museum location

Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800
Museum department

Eastern Art
Accession no.

EA1956.827