Flower-shaped Dish, anonymous, c. 1000 - c. 1099
engraving, h 2.9cm × d 12.3cm More details
The white porcelain is covered with a transparent glaze of a vivid blue-green hue. Chinese experts called this colour ‘bluish-white’ (qingbai) or ‘shadow-blue’ (yingqing). These are descriptive terms for a group of white porcelain with a transparent blue-tinged glaze made in southern China.
