Dish
About this object
History of use
Belongs to a class of vessel called ""hole-bottom"" in reference to the peculiar recessed base. These were intended for export, many of them being found in the Philippines. One possible reason for the construction is that they were meant to be fitted to a standard and used to hold an oil lamp.
Physical description
A small glazed ceramic dish whose form curves up sharply from an unglazed foot. The base is recessed. The coarse body is a light yellow-brown where exposed. Glazed translucent and mainly clear, tinged with grey-green but pooling occasionally to a blue. Exterior is plain. Interior has floral and foliage motifs painted in underglaze blue, the whole enclosed by double blue lines at the junction of bottom and sides. A single blue line runs beneath the rim.