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Transfer decoration generally involves mechanically produced patterns which often are identifiable by their lack of brushed-on textures and other qualities of handpainting. In this case, a mechanically produced stencil appears to have been used to create the pattern. As is the case with paper or plastic stencils used in sign-making and other lettering sets, there are breaks in the pattern on this dish caused by joints that hold the stencil together. Stencils may be used to apply blue & white patterns like this one directly to ceramics before glazing and firing, or the stencils can be used to create paper transfers that are stuck to the ceramics and then burned off, leaving behind a cobalt pattern for glazing and firing. At least that is how I recollect it works from what I was told ages ago. Nowadays, rubber stamps are used in some ornamentation factories to decorate Chinese porcelains.
Best regards,
Bill H.
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