This large, heavily potted dish has a foliated rim and an incised scroll in the cavetto. The dish is covered in a sea-green glaze and has moulded floral designs.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.
