Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1500 - 1600; Classification(s): porcelain, plate, throwing, hard-paste porcelain, thrown, decorated in underglaze-blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.703-1991]
Description: Plate. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. The shallow plate has rounded sides springing from a low, slightly tapered foot and rising to a narrow, flattened, foliate rim. The interior well is decorated with a stylised phoenix (Fenghuang) and foliage within a lined border. The rim is painted with precious objects within single-line borders. The exterior is painted with a band of scrolling foliage within double and single-line borders and an abstract band within a single-line border.
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