Dish

The dish is complete; there is some enamel missing from the rim and bottom, and some breaks have been repaired with iron studs. 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. Four traces of linear beads are visible under the margin. The inner enamel is bluish-white and cracked. The support point and base show traces of wear. There are linear wear marks on the inner base. On the reverse there are thirty studs, made of two rusty iron rods, the ends of which are inserted into as many pairs of holes. Close to the rim, there is the beginning of another pair of holes; 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 outlined in black and decorated with blue radiating lines; it is set in two bands outlined in black and painted blue, while the sides are in reserve. The background features a flowering 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. A central fan-shaped flower emerges from the top of the basket, flanked by 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 flared base, decorated with sloping lines in black; this base is set on a blue-painted terrace.