Small dish with carved lotus petal rim, with light gray-blue qingbai-like glaze

Dish

Vietnam

14th-15th century

  • Titles Dish (Descriptive)
  • Medium glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 1 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. Diam. (3.2 x 12.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.189.2010
  • Work Type dish
  • Classification Containers

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