The rim slightly flared, the underside inset, the interior decorated with rich cobalt blue, depicting a convocation of monks within an interior.

Note:
This unusual pattern is known in both Chinese and Japanese versions, dating primarily from the 17th to the 18th century. For a Tianqi version, see Becky MacGuire et al, Four Centuries of Blue and White, The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain, 2023, p. 302, no. 245, where related examples in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Seattle Art Museum are cited. See also a Japanese shaped dish in the Shibata collection, dated to circa 1720-1760, illustrated in The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of the Shibata Collection, 2019, p. 390, no. 3111.