IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 138731 accession number: ML.25B-1992 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 27 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: One of a pair of porcelain saucer dishes. With incised decoration under a pale greenish blue glaze, which covers the whole surface except for approximately .5cm on both sides of the rim. Circular with sloping sides and convex centre. The centre is incised with a formal plant motif. Qingbai ware Oval label printed in black with a tower and 'Malcolm Collection' and inscribed in blue black ink 'D./35' Slight wear to glaze on base, and in the centre where there is a small star shaped crack. title: saucer dish LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm) STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/138731 TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing TECHNIQUES ---------- incising CATEGORIES ------ category: porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1100 - 1279 creation date earliest: 1100 creation date latest: 1279 culture: Song Dynasty# culture: 12th Century-13th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: cm value: 15 dimension: Height units: cm value: 3