MING DYNASTY UNIQUE
TRIANGULAR & HEAVY
BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN FRUIT TRAY

Origin:

China

Location:

Unknown

Period:

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) or Earlier

Features:

Can you see the fineness in drawing of flowers embedded in stems and leaves?

This exceptional quality, completely hand made, triangular tray is an unusual calibre of works of arts in cobalt blue painted in under glaze. The flowers and stems and leaves depict the crisp freshness of finest quality drawings. This porcelain tray is very old and it could be the porcelain made in the early Ming period. The spotted iron oxide break out at the back shows this tray has had its time as an ancient piece. It is extremely heavy weighing nearly 1Kg and exceptional in quality for its rarity.

Patterns:

Hand drawn, hand written

Mark/Reign:

N/A