This heavily potted dish has a flat, rolled edge and a cavetto with a moulded design of peony buds. It is covered in a light green glaze.Such wares are referred to as ‘celadon’, a generic term for green-glazed wares in Chinese ceramics produced since the Southern Song dynasty. These wares are prized for their lustrous green tone that resembles jade. However from the Yuan and Ming dynasties onwards, a yellowish tinge had crept into the glaze as the ideal firing conditions were not maintained. Export demands also meant that the priority of the kilns was on quantity and not quality. Despite the dip in quality, such wares still maintained an international reputation and were in high demand in Southeast Asia.
