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vase
Object Type
vase
Museum number
PDF.217
Description
Longquan porcelain vase. The vase has pale greyish green glaze with spots of iron brown.
Cultures/periods
Yuan dynasty
Production date
14thC
Production place
Made in:
Longquan (area)
Materials
porcelain
Ware
Longquan Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Height:
272 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Yuan 14th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 217 Vase with spotted glaze Potters achieved the brown spots by applying iron-rich pigment (such as iron filings) directly onto the celadon glaze in random patches before firing. This technique enjoyed short-lived popularity in the Yuan dynasty (AD 1279–1368). Archaeologists recovered a small group of objects with similar iron-brown spots from the cargo of a ship wrecked in AD1323 in the waters near the Dokdo islets off the Shinan coast 新安木浦 in south-west Korea. Of the 17,000 ceramics on board, over half were from Longquan. The ship is believed to have been travelling from Ningbo寧波 in southern China to Korea, on its way to Japan. Traditionally this type of spotted celadon is known as 飛青磁 (tobiseiji , splashed celadon) in Japan and is greatly prized by collectors there. Stoneware, porcelain-type, with celadon glaze and iron-brown spots Longquan ware龍泉窯 Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省,龍泉地區 Yuan dynasty, about AD 1300–1368
PDF 217 青釉褐斑瓶 陶工以富含鐵元素的褐彩,隨意塗抹在青釉之上,而後入窯燒制,這種裝飾手法只在元代(1279-1368年)很短的時間內流行過。考古學家曾在新安沉船中發現一小批採用類似鐵褐斑裝飾技法的器物,該沉船於1323年沉沒于韓國西南部新安木浦海岸,靠近獨島。出水的17000餘件陶瓷器中,超過半數來自龍泉窯。這艘船被認為自中國南部的寧波港出發,駛往韓國,途徑日本。日本將這類作品稱為“飛青磁”(tobiseiji),並廣受收藏家推崇。 炻器,属廣義瓷器,青釉,鐵褐斑 龍泉窯 浙江省龍泉地區 元代,約1300-1368年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 1997 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.24, no.217)
Medley 1977 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.29, no.84)
Krahl & Harrison-Hall 2009 / Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection
(p.47, no.20)
Scott 1989a / Imperial Taste - Chinese Ceramics from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.47, no.22)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.57, no.36)
Scott 1989b / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.60, no.48)
Medley 1974 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: Illustrated Guide to the Collection
(p.7, no.217)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 56, pl. LV)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 55)
Location
On display
(G95/dc52/s5)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.217