Small dish with low sides

Dishes and bowls in various qualities, sizes, and shapes were common among Henan jun ware made at Yuxian, Linru, and Hebiji. How to distinguish between Song, Jin, and Yuan pieces remains difficult. Song dishes have footrings with bottoms that are both unglazed and glazed, the latter having been considered a mark of fine quality. The use of spurs with nipples that left small marks at the base is generally thought to mark official pieces of the Northern Song court. The use of a rounded support over the footring, as seen with this piece was common.