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dish
Object Type
dish
Museum number
PDF,A.220
Description
Longquan ware porcelain dish with fluted rim. Impressed peony spray in centre on which superimposed moulded fish. Pale grey body covered with thick grey-green glaze. Unglazed ring on base.
Cultures/periods
Yuan dynasty
Production date
1300-1368
Production place
Made in:
Longquan (area)
Materials
porcelain
Ware
Longquan Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
426 millimetres
Height:
97 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Yuan 14th century
Room 95 label text: PDF A220 Dish Potters produced ceramics of various qualities at Longquan. This dish is perhaps typical of those large dishes made for export to South-east Asia and the Middle East. In the centre of this dish is an impressed peony flower with the front half of a moulded fish on top beneath the glaze. Its other tail half is applied under the glaze to the base. Similar examples may be found in the Topkapi Saray in Istanbul and in the Ardabil Shrine in Iran. There are also related dishes on the Shinan shipwreck dateable to AD 1323. Porcelain with impressed 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 A220 大盤 龍泉陶工燒造不同品質的陶瓷。此類大盤是外銷東南亞及中東的典型商品。盤心印牡丹圖案,其上貼模印而成的半條魚,皆在釉下。而魚尾部則貼於外底釉下。土耳其托布卡普皇宮及伊朗阿德比爾神廟都存有類似的器物。紀年為1323年的新安沉船也曾出水相似器物。 瓷器,印花,青釉 龍泉窯 浙江省龍泉地區(今龍泉市) 元代,約1300-1368年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 1997 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.58, no.A220)
Medley 1977 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.24, no.66)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 63)
Location
On display
(G95/dc5/sh9)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF,A.220