Plates

Plate 1. Diameter: 17.5cm

Plate 1.

Plate 2. Diameter: 17cm

Plate 2.

The following are another two plates from my collection. It is believed that these plates has been used for daily purposes and also for ancestral offerings at the altar. While looking at the base of the plates, you can find two types of antique markings. One is clearly hand-written (painted) in archaic characters as used in seals and the other one is at the outer part of the center medallion (7 o'clock) which were made by drilling many small holes to form a single character or symbol. This is not a porcelain mark. It is just served to recognize the ownership of the concerned item on occasions when communal use of plates was required. Click on the pictures for a bigger version....