dish BM-PDF-A.221

Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:13thC
Materials:porcelain, copper,
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 218 millimetres Height: 54 millimetres

Description:
Longquan ware porcelain dish with rim pierced with two pairs of holes mounted with copper alloy loop handles in floret-shaped fittings. The dish has a pale grey body and transparent greyish-green glaze. There are two fish in applied relief in the centre of the interior, and overlapping lotus petals carved on the exterior.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song 13thC Room 95 label text:PDF A221Dish 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. The dish was originally fired with two holes on each side of the rim – presumably for metal handles. The original thirteenth century handles are lost. These handles were fitted in Japan in the Meiji period (AD1868–1912).Stoneware, porcelain-type, carved and with applied moulded decoration with celadon glaze and metal mounts 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 A221貼花魚紋盤此盤青釉下裝飾模印貼花雙魚圖案。中國人將成對的魚視作富足的象徵，因“魚”與“餘”諧音。此盤口沿兩側各有兩洞，燒窯前所穿，推測是用來安裝金屬提手。十三世紀的原提手已佚，現在的提手安裝於日本明治時期（1868-1912年）。炻器，屬廣義瓷器，刻花，模印貼花，青釉，鑲金屬口和提手龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區（今龍泉市）南宋或元代，約1200-1300年