dish
- Museum number
- PDF,A.769
- Description
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Swatow-type Zhangzhou Export Ware porcelain dish. Decorated in red, turquoise, green and black overglaze enamels. Inside in centre, a medallion of a peony reserved in white against a red ground. Around it, two flying phoenix in black and turquoise with turquoise cloud scrolls and floral sprays in between. Bordered medallions in black, green and turquoise contain flowering bushes and birds. Base roughly glazed.
- Production date
- 16thC-17thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 369 millimetres
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Height: 106 millimetres
- 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 A769
Dish with flying phoenix
Collectors and scholars called this type of ware ‘Swatow’ after an old Dutch transliteration of Shantou, a port in northern Guangong province, mistakenly believed to have been the port from which they were shipped. Merchants traded them 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.
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 A769
飛鳳紋盤
收藏家和學者們將此類器物稱為“汕頭器”(Swatow),源于老荷蘭語音譯的“汕頭”一詞。汕頭為廣東省北部的一個港口,被誤認為是這些器物起運的港口。商人們將之銷往東南亞國家,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。
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/sh1)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- PDF,A.769