Dish with floral decoration

15th–16th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 250

This glazed serving dish, painted with a central motif of a spirited four-petaled flower and with a flower-and-vine meander in the cavetto, is distinguished by several technical features. Its coarse body displays a pinkish tone where exposed in firing. A white slip analyzed to be a tin-based alkaline lead glaze has been decorated with a copper-based solution that fired green. This ceramic type is typical of lower Myanmar, though the object has not been linked to a specific kiln.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: Dish with floral decoration
Date: 15th–16th century
Culture: Myanmar (Burma), peninsular region
Medium: Stoneware with copper-green underglaze on opaque tin-white slip
Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diam. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); Diam. of foot: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Breece III, 2021
Object Number: 2021.11.2
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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