Plate with Carp mid-14th century China Close examination of the cobalt blue used to paint this dish shows areas of darker blue. Known as “heaped and piled,” this effect is a result of imperfect control of the pigment during firing. This effect disappeared in the early fifteenth century, when potters further mastered the use of this Plate with Carp. China. mid-14th century. Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware). Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Ceramics

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