Dish

The dish is complete; a crack has been repaired with wire. The dish is oval with a wavy outline. In cross-section, the rim is bulging, the marli is sloping and concave; the wall is low and curved towards the bottom, which is flat. On the reverse, the cross-section is truncated cone-shaped with a flat base; the base is rounded all around. Three traces of linear, triangular beads are visible under the marli. The inner glaze is bluish-white and cracked. The support point and base show signs of wear. There are marked linear wear marks on the inner base. There is a pair of holes through which an iron wire runs, the ends of which are twisted on the reverse ; The decoration is molded and hand-painted in blue underglaze and black overglaze. The molded decoration can be seen on the rim, which is wavy; the marli is slightly convex where the contour is concave. The painted decoration is of the compartmented braid and floral basket type. The decoration is painted on the border and in the center of the background. The border is outlined in black. It is decorated with two alternating motifs. One is a latticework of broad blue lines. The other trellis is drawn in black and trimmed with blue-painted pearls. These two motifs are separated by a half-flower made of blue radiating lines, set in two black and blue bands, while the sides are in reserve. The background features a flowery basket. The basket has a truncated cone shape on a flat swollen base and a flat swollen rim; it is outlined in black and divided into vertical sections; the rendering of the basket imitates rattan. From the top of the basket emerges a central three-lobed flower, flanked by two leaves and leafy plant stems. All these elements are outlined in black and painted blue. Two tendrils hang from the sides of the basket. The basket rests on a splayed base, decorated with sloping lines in black; this base is set on a blue-painted terrace.