Armorial dish: The story of Phaeton

The steeply inclined walls of this circular, shallow dish rise from the broad, flat floor to the foliated lip. Eleven deep vertical grooves, imparted with a tool with rounded end, ...

The concave walls of this small dish rise from the broad, flat floor to the bracketed lip, which terminates in a raised edge with eight points. A stylized chrysanthemum blossom emb...

The interior of this thickly potted dish follows a continuous, parabolic curve; the exterior displays a thickened lip and a wide, straight-cut footring in the shape of a jade bi di...

Maharao Ram Singh of Kota (r. 1696-1707) is accompanied by a female consort in a phaeton. In his left hand, Ram Singh holds a khanda, a type of sword distinct to India, over his le...

This circular dish has steeply angled side walls that rise from the circular, flat base. The dish was potted over a hump mold placed at the center of the potter's wheel. The mold s...

The design of this dish incorporates two ingeniously painted floral sprays. Laden with blossoms, the longer stem rises up the middle, angles sharply downward, and then encircles th...

The off-white slip that covers this dish has been incised with a complicated design further elaborated in green, yellow, and purplish brown. An equestrian image fills the center of...