Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1630 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:bird flaming jewel dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 39 centimetres Height: 9 centimetres
Description:
Large ‘Swatow-type’ porcelain serving dish, painted in polychrome enamels. This large serving dish has rounded sides, a narrow flat up-turned rim and an inverted foot ring. It is covered inside and out with a dove-grey glaze and painted in red, turquoise and black enamels. In the centre a male bird, with red comb and wattle, and a female bird are shown, flying among giant-size flowering shrubs. In the cavetto two chicken-legged dragons pursue flaming pearls among three peaked mountains, ‘ruyi’ clouds and bamboo leaves. The rim is painted with a spiral and line border. Kiln grit smothering the base testifies to the coarse production methods employed for making such ‘Swatow-type’ table wares. Extensive conservation work has been carried out on this dish, and a section missing from the rim has been filled and painted.
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![图片[1]-dish BM-Franks.485.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00172787_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-dish BM-Franks.485.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00269034_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A similar dish is in the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, collected in Indonesia.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:bird flaming jewel dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 39 centimetres Height: 9 centimetres
Description:
Large ‘Swatow-type’ porcelain serving dish, painted in polychrome enamels. This large serving dish has rounded sides, a narrow flat up-turned rim and an inverted foot ring. It is covered inside and out with a dove-grey glaze and painted in red, turquoise and black enamels. In the centre a male bird, with red comb and wattle, and a female bird are shown, flying among giant-size flowering shrubs. In the cavetto two chicken-legged dragons pursue flaming pearls among three peaked mountains, ‘ruyi’ clouds and bamboo leaves. The rim is painted with a spiral and line border. Kiln grit smothering the base testifies to the coarse production methods employed for making such ‘Swatow-type’ table wares. Extensive conservation work has been carried out on this dish, and a section missing from the rim has been filled and painted.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A similar dish is in the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, collected in Indonesia.
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