Chinese saucer dish with sprays of flowers and fruit

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An image of Saucer dish. In the centre is a flowering spray of 'morning glory', in the border within double circles in blue, are four sprays of flowers and fruit. On the outside of the dish is a well filled border of flowers and leaves. Decorated in underglaze blue on a yellow enamel ground, height 5.1 cm, diameter 26.3 cm, 1488-1505. Hung Chih period. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Chinese.

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Saucer dish. In the centre is a flowering spray of 'morning glory', in the border within double circles in blue, are four sprays of flowers and fruit. On the outside of the dish is a well filled border of flowers and leaves. Decorated in underglaze blue on a yellow enamel ground, height 5.1 cm, diameter 26.3 cm, 1488-1505. Hung Chih period. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Chinese.

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Accession Number: C.5-1955
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3D II-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 914 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 701.81kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2009:05:11 19:47:28

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