brush-washer BM-PDF.110

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1522-1620
Materials:stoneware
Technique:moulded, glazed,

Dimensions:Height: 50 millimetres Width: 145 millimetres Depth: 145 millimetres

Description:
Ding-type stoneware square brush-washer with eight-lobed sides. The brush-washer has cream glaze. There are four rams among clouds moulded in the centre, with key-fret on the interior wall and a wave-patterned border on the rim.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 16th-17th century Room 95 label text:PDF 110Square brush-washer with four goat designPotters in the late Ming and Qing dynasties made copies of Ding wares at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, Zhangzhou in Fujian province and in other southern kilns. This Ding-type brush-washer has lobed sides. Inside it has a moulded design of four rams or goats among clouds. 三羊(san yang ‘three goats [or rams]’) is a popular New Year motif in China. Underfired porcelain with moulded decoration and a transparent glaze China 中國Ming dynasty, about AD 1522–1620 PDF 110白釉四羊圖方形筆洗自晚明至清，江西景德鎮、福建漳州及其他一些南方窯口的陶工都仿燒定窯器物。此定窯風格的筆洗呈方形，分八瓣。內底印花四羊祥雲紋。三羊圖在中國是慶賀新年的傳統圖案。生燒瓷器，模印花，透明釉中國明代，約1522-1620年