This flat round porcelain dish with a distinctive rim and a large foot ring is a type that was produced at the court-patronized kilns (bunwon) in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Its simple form, crisp contours, and unornamented surface appealed to the neo-Confucian tastes of the elite. The shape of the dish may derive from celadon ware from fourteenth-century China; Chinese examples of this style in white porcelain are uncommon. The form likely originated in metalwork, particularly silver dishes.
