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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
PDF.195
Description
Ding porcelain dish, with copper-bound rim. Creamy white. There are two ducks amongst reeds on interior.
Cultures/periods
Northern Song dynasty
Production date
11thC-12thC
Production place
Made in:
Quyang (county)
Materials
porcelain
copper
Ware
Ding Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
217 millimetres
Height:
48 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Northern Song
Room 95 label text: PDF 195 Dish with mandarin ducks Pairs of mandarin ducks, as seen on this dish are an emblem of marital bliss. Stoneware with incised decoration, transparent glaze and copper rim mount Ding ware定窯 Quyang county, Hebei province 河北省, 曲陽縣 Northern Song dynasty, about AD 1086–1127
PDF 195 白釉鴛鴦紋碗 此碗內的成對鴛鴦紋飾被視作婚姻美滿幸福的象徵。 炻器,劃花,透明釉,鑲銅口 定窯 河北省曲陽縣 北宋,約1086-1127年
Bibliographic references
Medley 1980 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ting and Allied Wares
(p.14, no.24)
Hobson, Rackham & King 1931 / Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections
(p. 11, Fig. 16)
((see PDF 160))
Location
On display
(G95/dc9/sh3)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.195