A large sanskrit character to the center in black, around the rim, further signs. Around the interior we find offerings alternating with cloud formations. The reverese is decorated with alternating lotus and the buddhist emblems. Diameter 14.5 cm.
Wear. Wear to gilding.
Compare with a dish of this type in the collection of the Palace Museum in Taiwan, 000698N00000.
Compare also a dish of this type in the British Museum, Museum number 1991,0326.1.
Enamel ware in the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasty, National Palace Museum, compare with a similar plate page 139. 01.11.000696´`698-1173.
The central symbol on this plate is a complex Tibetan Buddhist monogram known as Namchu Wangden (the "Tenfold Powerful One"), which represents the Kalachakra mantra.