First half of 17th century
Each dish has rounded sides rising towards an everted rim supported on a short tapered foot.
The interior of each is incised with two flowering branches, the stems and leaves in green, the flowers in white and aubergine enamel.
The exterior of each dish has brown speckles under the glaze due to the imperfections of the clay.
Diameter 14.7 cm
The dishes may have been the forerunners of the Kangxi 'Brinjal' bowls.
A Tianqi mark and period yellow -glazed bowl with comparable flowers in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated by He Li, Chinese Ceramics, The New Standard Guide, No 469, where the author states that the speckled dots are characteristic of the Tianqi period.
It shows that the production of the 'Brinjal' style bowls began as early as the Tianqi period. Moreover, four Brinjal yellow-glazed bowls were recovered from the Hatcher shipwreck (c. 1643)
She further explains that the purple, green and creamy colours over the yellow glaze constitute the basic colour tonalities of later three-colour decoration employed in the early Qing period (p. 258)
十七世紀上半 黃釉琺瑯彩盤一對
時代：17世紀上半
特徵：侈口淺盤，矮圈足。盤心劃花，施白、綠與茄紫色釉，外壁有釉下棕斑
尺寸：直徑14.7公分
