Dish with birds on fruiting peach branches. Stoneware, porcelain-type, with applied biscuit-fired decoration and celadon glaze. Longquan ware龍泉窯. Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 龍泉地區. Yuan dynasty, AD 1300–1368. On loan from Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art. Registration number: PDF.286. © Trustees of the British Museum

Height: 31 millimetres - Diameter: 167 millimetres.

Longquan stoneware dish with lobed well and foliated rim with six brackets. The dish has grey-green glaze. There are three birds perched on peach sprays in unglazed relief on the interior.

This bracket lobed celadon glazed dish is decorated with a very rare design of three sprig-moulded birds resting on fruiting peach branches. Peaches are a traditional Chinese symbol of longevity.