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Close examination of the cobalt blue used to paint this dish shows areas of darker blue. Known as “heaped and piled,” this effect is a result of imperfect control of the pigment during firing. This effect disappeared in the early fifteenth century, when potters further mastered the use of this pigment.
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Title: Plate with fish
Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date: mid-14th century
Culture: China
Medium: Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions: Diam. 18 in. (45.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Richard E. Linburn Gift, 1987
Object Number: 1987.10
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