dish BM-PDF.265

Period:Southern Song dynasty Production date:13thC-14thC
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 141 millimetres Height: 40 millimetres

Description:
Longquan stoneware dish with high rounded sides and flattened rim. The dish has greyish green glaze.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song 13thC Room 95 label text:PDF 265Dish with moulded fishThis dish has two moulded fish applied beneath the celadon glaze. Chinese people regard paired fish as a rebus (visual pun) for abundance as the words for both fish 魚 and abundance 餘, are pronounced yu.Stoneware, porcelain-type, carved and with applied moulded decoration with celadon glaze Longquan ware龍泉窯Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 龍泉地區Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, AD 1200–1300 PDF 265青釉印花魚紋盤此盤施青釉，內底飾兩條模印貼花雙魚紋。中國人將成對的魚視作富足的象徵，因“魚”與“餘”諧音。炻器，属廣義瓷器，刻花，貼花，青釉龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區南宋，1200-1300年