14th century Chinese Yuan Dynastywhite glaze mould dish, Bracket-lobed dish covered with a monochrome white glaze. Unusually this thickly potted bracket-lobed dish was made by sandwiching clay between a two-part mould. Outside it is moulded with eight vertical ribs tapering towards the foot from a bracket-lobed rim and in between these with double-lobed panels. Inside the centre of the dish is slightly recessed and flat, while the cavetto is moulded into petal-like segments radiating from the centre. The foot ring is splayed and quite thick. With the exception of the base, the dish is covered with a glossy white glaze peppered with many iron-brown impurities. 13.8cm diameter.Provenance: from Private English collection, Hampshire