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meiping
Object Type
meiping
Museum number
PDF.27
Description
Guan-type stoneware meiping vase with high rounded shoulder, short wide neck and everted mouthrim. Thick buff-grey glaze with brown stained crackle.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Qing dynasty
Production date
1600-1699
Production place
Made in:
Shiwan
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
stoneware
Ware
Guan-type Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
70 millimetres
(base)
Diameter:
62 millimetres
(mouth)
Diameter:
112 millimetres
Height:
169 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming 16th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 27 Vase with celadon glaze This vase has a distinctive late Ming form and is covered with a guan-type glaze, recreated on a porcelain body. Porcelain with crackled celadon glaze Guan-type ware Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮 or Foshan, Nanhai county, Guangdong province, 廣東省, 南海縣, 佛山 Ming dynasty, AD 1600–1644
PDF27 青釉瓶 此瓶為明晚期典型的器形,施仿官釉於瓷質胎體之上。 瓷器,青釉開片 仿官窯器 江西省景德鎮或廣東省南海縣佛山(今佛山市南海區) 明代,約1600-1644年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 1999 / Illustrated catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.29, no.27)
Yorke Hardy 1953 / Tung, Ju, Kuan, Chun, Kuang-tung & Glazed I-hsing Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.9, no.27)
Scott & Kerr 1994 / Ceramic Evolution in the Middle Ming Period
(p.45, no.100)
Location
On display
(G95/dc49/sh9)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.27