Qingbai Foliate Dish
Artist
Unidentified artist
CultureChinese
Date12th century
MediumPorcelain dish
Dimensions4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classificationsceramics
Credit LineGift of Smith Freeman in memory of his aunt, Rachel Freeman, UNC Class of 1920
Object number2018.1.1
DescriptionFrom appraisal of this dish and another of the pair: Each of shallow flaring form, the sides with twelve lobes designating the petals of a flower, the rim notched and the exterior incised with lines radiating up from the foot, under a pale ‘shadow blue’ glaze, the flat, slightly countersunk base unglazed and showing the porcelain body burnt orange in the firing, one with minute rim nibblesOn View
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