This dish or ‘pan’ (盘) has a flat base and a flaring mouthrim. It has an indistinct moulded design of lotuses around the inner walls under a thick lumpy green glaze. This dish was produced in one of the kilns in South China during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). This dish could be produced for the domestic market or for export. The thriving ceramic trade which was established in the preceding Song dynasty (960-1279) was maintained by the Yuan dynasty. Ceramics were exported worldwide to diverse places such as South-east Asian, the Middle East and Europe.
