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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
PDF.241
Description
Longquan porcelain dish with flattened mouth rim. The dish has grey-green glaze. There are two four-clawed dragons chasing pearls carved around the well, and two unglazed biscuit tigers in the centre.
Cultures/periods
Yuan dynasty
Production date
1300-1368
Production place
Made in:
Longquan (area)
Materials
porcelain
Ware
Longquan Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
411 millimetres
Height:
80 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Yuan/Ming 14th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 241 Charger with two biscuit-fired tigers This dish is incised with two four-clawed dragons chasing pearls around the well and applied with two unglazed (biscuit-fired) tigers in the centre. The tails of the tigers are applied separately from the bodies and all the biscuit-fired decoration ‘floats’ on the celadon glaze. Tigers are rarely used as a decorative motif in Chinese art. Many large chargers of this shape were exported to the Middle East, where their large forms suited local dining customs, although the biscuit-fired relief decoration may suggest that this and the other charger in this case were made for display. Stoneware, porcelain-type, with incised and applied biscuit-fired decoration and celadon glaze Longquan ware龍泉窯 Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省,龍泉地區 Yuan dynasty, about AD 1300–1368
PDF 241 青釉露胎貼花虎紋盤 此盤內壁飾兩條劃花四爪龍戲珠紋,底心兩條露胎貼花虎紋。虎身與虎尾分制,貼花裝飾仿佛“飄浮”於青色釉面之上。虎紋的裝飾主題在中國藝術中較少出現。此類大盤多行銷中東地區,因其更符合當地的飲食風俗。但露胎貼花的裝飾表明,這樣的大盤也許僅用作陳設。 炻器,属廣義瓷器,劃花,露胎素燒貼花,青釉 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.36, no.241)
Medley 1977 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.31, no.92)
Pierson 2001 / Designs as Signs: Decoration and Chinese Ceramics
(p.13, no.1)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 55, pl. LIV)
Location
On display
(G95/dc52/s6)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.241