White-Glazed Ding Kiln Dish Moulded with Impressed Cloud and Dragon Design

This is an upside-down fired Ding ware, a representative work of impressed pattern craft with exquisite quality. The same kind of impressed dragon pattern dishes is extremely rare, thus it a masterpiece in the history of porcelain, especially impressed with the dragon pattern that is also similar to that on the stone engravings from the imperial tomb of the Northern Song dynasty.

The Shanghai Museum has always been dedicated to preservation, study, and display of ancient Chinese art since 1952. It is now home to over one million artworks, 140,000 of which are national treasures. Selecting out 25 pieces from its world-class collections of ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, paintings, calligraphy, etc., this series #TreasuresinShanghaiMuseum broadcasted from today will usher you into a universe of cultural preservation and protection.