Period:Unknown Production date:17thC
Materials:nephrite
Technique:carved
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Diameter: 17 centimetres Height: 4 centimetres
Description:
Fine white nephrite dish with double fish.
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Comments:Published James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, The Asia Society, New York, 1980, cat.no.145; Ip Yee 1983, cat.no.219. This simply curved, shallow dish has a lively three-dimensional carving of two fishes at its centre. They swirl about each other among a spray of reeds, which rises up the sides of the dish. Fine waves are caved behind them. Around the rim of the dish are small, minutely carved four-petalled flowers in relief. On the outside are strands of sea grass, which flow into lotus leaves and flowers around the base. The dish has three small rounded feet. Both the type of jade and the naturalistic carving are typical of the late Ming period, when water birds and aquatic scenes were popular decorative motifs. An almost identical piece is in the McElney Collection. Relief carving of this type on bowls and dishes is found on some of the Qianlong period jades in the Gugong Bowuyuan in Beijing.
Materials:nephrite
Technique:carved
Subjects:fish
Dimensions:Diameter: 17 centimetres Height: 4 centimetres
Description:
Fine white nephrite dish with double fish.
IMG
Comments:Published James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, The Asia Society, New York, 1980, cat.no.145; Ip Yee 1983, cat.no.219. This simply curved, shallow dish has a lively three-dimensional carving of two fishes at its centre. They swirl about each other among a spray of reeds, which rises up the sides of the dish. Fine waves are caved behind them. Around the rim of the dish are small, minutely carved four-petalled flowers in relief. On the outside are strands of sea grass, which flow into lotus leaves and flowers around the base. The dish has three small rounded feet. Both the type of jade and the naturalistic carving are typical of the late Ming period, when water birds and aquatic scenes were popular decorative motifs. An almost identical piece is in the McElney Collection. Relief carving of this type on bowls and dishes is found on some of the Qianlong period jades in the Gugong Bowuyuan in Beijing.
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