This dish is an example of the Chinese design most frequently used by the Iznik potters. In each example, however, the design is subtly changed. Over the years 1530-1600 a development can be observed whereby the design becomes further and further removed from the Chinese original. This example retains all the Chinese motifs in the centre, but encloses them within a typically Iznik border. For a discussion of the development of this type see Atasoy and Raby, op. cit. pp.121-124