dish
- Museum number
- PDF,A.770
- Description
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Swatow-type Zhangzhou Export Ware porcelain dish. Decorated in red, turquoise and black overglaze enamels. In centre, Chinese mariner's compass motif enclosing characters Tai ji (supreme ultimate), surrounded by two dragons and two flying phoenixes among waves and flames in turquoise washes. Four roundels on diaper ground around rim, alternating with four floral panels.
- Production date
- 1573-1620
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 385 millimetres
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Height: 85 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Published PDF date : Ming Wanli (1573-1620) late 16th century
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Room 95 label text:
PDF A770
Dish with flying phoenix
Merchants traded such dishes to countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia as well as to Japan and Holland. They are characterised by coarse sandy bases. The designs are all rendered in free and spontaneous brushstrokes. In the centre of this dish is a marine compass with the characters太極 'tai ji' (supreme ultimate) surrounded by two dragons and two flying phoenixes among waves and flames.
Porcelain with polychrome overglaze enamels
Zhangzhou (‘Swatow’) ware
Pinghe county, Zhangzhou prefecture, Fujian province, 福建省, 漳州, 平和縣
Ming dynasty, about AD1573–1620
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PDF A770
飛鳳紋盤
商人們將此類瓷盤銷往東南亞國家,諸如印尼、菲律賓和馬來西亞,同時也行銷日本和荷蘭。器物以粗砂底為特徵。紋飾皆筆法自然自由揮灑。本件瓷盤中心為航海羅盤,其中有“太極”二字(意為無上之極),周圍為波濤和火焰中的雙龍和雙飛鳳。
瓷器,釉上多色彩繪
漳州(汕頭)器
福建省漳州平和縣
明代,約1573-1620年
- Location
- On display (G95/dc29/sh2)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- PDF,A.770