This Shufu-type dish, dating to the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368), is an elegant example of early Chinese porcelain from the Jingdezhen kilns. Its creamy, opaque white glaze and subtly moulded decoration are typical of Shufu ware, the thick egg-white porcelain made at Jingdezhen under the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
The name comes from the characters 樞府 (shufu), "privy council", the short name of the Shumiyuan, the government bureau that ran military affairs. The finest pieces, ordered for official use, have the two characters moulded into the decoration. This dish does not carry the mark; unmarked pieces of the same kind are known as Shufu-type.
This particular dish has a 2" section of restored rim, indicating it suffered a break or chip, which has since been professionally conserved.
