https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/29458/fullLarge dish for the Islamic marketca.1550-1580Overall: 5.5 x 31.5 cm (2 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Chinese Blue and White PorcelainOrigin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, ChinaG99.1.90Chinese porcelain dish from Wanli period (1567-1622). Of circular section with shallow well and wide flat rim. Decorated in underglaze blue, the center with two ducks swimming on a pond filled with water foliage, beneath two birds perched on an overhanging branch. It has plain cavetto, and the rim has a scrollwork band incorporating flying squirrels and peaches. The underside has a loosely drawn classic scroll and flowerhead motif alternating with precious symbols, above a band of five roundels filled with qilin. The footrim has diagonal and vertical hatches.Chinese Ceramics InteractiveChinese Blue and White PorcelainChinese and Japanese Ceramics[]Asian CeramicsChinese Porcelain1824892099ChineseMing dynasty (1368-1644)Four-character square seal mark in underglaze blue; mark illegible