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dish
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Object type
Museum number
PDF.556
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Description
Porcelain dish with rounded sides. The dish has dark copper red glaze, white at the rim and foot-ring. There is a mark on the base.
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Culture/period
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Date
- 1426-1435
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Production place
- Made in: Jingdezhen
- (Asia,China,Jiangxi (province),Jingdezhen)
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Materials
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Technique
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Dimensions
- Height: 44 millimetres
- Diameter: 206 millimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
reign markInscription Position
on baseInscription Language
ChineseInscription Content
大明宣德年製Inscription Transliteration
Da Ming Xuande nian zhiInscription Translation
Made in the Ming dynasty, Xuande reign
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Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming 15th centuryRoom 95 label text:
PDF 556
Dish with copper-red glaze
‘Sacrificial’, fresh or deep red monochrome-glazed porcelain of the Yongle and Xuande era represents the peak of technical achievement at Jingdezhen. As vessels ordered for ritual use by the early fifteenth century Ming emperors, they enjoy a status above that of other porcelains. The glaze has ‘crept’ at the rim of the dish to reveal the pure whiteness of the porcelain body. The glassy glaze is covered in tiny pin prick holes like skin pores and the colour possesses an incredible powdery depth, yielding layer upon layer of strong red shades of colour. The base carries an incised Xuande reign mark.
Porcelain with incised mark, transparent and copper-red glazes
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮
Ming dynasty, Xuande mark and period, AD1426–35 -
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Location
On display: G95/dc48/sh4
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Acquisition name
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Department
Asia
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Registration number
PDF.556
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