dish BM-PDF-A.217

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1400-1487
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 136 millimetres Height: 46 millimetres

Description:
Longquan type stoneware dish. The dish has a thick, grey body and crackled, grey-green glaze, which runs over foot ring. There is a cartouche with abbreviated shou character impressed in the centre of the interior, and a large wen character (culture) in ink on the base, which is unglazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Yuan 13th-14th century Room 95 label text:PDF A217Dish with celadon glaze and charactersThis dish is impressed with a 壽 (shou ‘longevity’) character in the centre. It is covered with a pale-grey celadon glaze. It carries a 文(wen ‘literature’) ink mark on the base. Wen can also be a surname so it could be a makers’ or owners’ mark. The very pale body of this dish is quite unlike a Longquan celadon. It may have been made at another kiln in South China.Stoneware, porcelain-type, with crackled celadon glazeSouth China 中國南部Ming dynasty, about AD 1400–1487 PDF A217青釉銘文盤此盤底心印“壽”字，施淺灰青釉。外底墨書“文”（意為文學）字。“文”字也可為姓氏，是製作者或使用者的標記。此盤很淺的胎色與龍泉青瓷不同，可能為中國南方其他窯口燒造。炻器，屬廣義瓷器，開片青釉中國南方明代，約1400-1487年