Imperial Deep Dish, 1403-1425, 2 7/8 x 16 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. ( x x cm), Porcelain with cobalt blue decoration under a clear glaze, China, 15th century, While the earliest Chinese blue-and-white ware was made for the fourteenth century Persian market, this classic dish exemplifies the transition in early Ming towards the true recognition and wide appreciation of blue-and-white porcelain by the Chinese court and scholar class. The aesthetic preference in early fifteenth century ceramics was for a pure white, fine porcelain body acting as a bright ground to brilliant cobalt blue

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