Dish

Dateca. 1765

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsD: 11 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1990-23

DescriptionCircular dish with sunken foot ring. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue, manganese, yellow, and green with a Chinese figure fishing under a tree bearing large flowers.Label TextA soup plate with this pattern is in the Warren Collection at the Ashmolean Museum. A fragment of a dish with the same pattern showing part of the ground and the yellow clothing on the figure was excavated in Williamsburg at the Orlando Jones House (IOCA.01l8).Inscription(s)NoMark(s)NoProvenanceJonathan Horne, London