dish BM-PDF-A.78

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 141 millimetres Height: 25 millimetres

Description:
Guangdong stoneware dish in form of mallow flower with six petals. The dish has a dark brown body and green-grey glaze suffused with dark brown. Where exposed, the body is reddish. There is an impressed seal on the base, which is glazed. The foot rim is unglazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Qing 18thC Room 95 label text:PDF A78Flower shaped dish with brown, green and pale green glazesSelected Shiwan pieces are signed by their makers. Connoiseurs regarded these marks as a brand of authenticity and quality. One can trace some potters’ histories using these marks through local family genealogies. The base of this mallow flower shaped dish is impressed with a four-character seal mark which reads Taogu zhuren (Master Taogu) impressed on the baseStoneware with brown, green and pale green glazesShiwan (pronounced Shekwan in Cantonese) ware石灣窯Foshan, Nanhai county, Guangdong province, 廣東省, 南海縣, 佛山Qing dynasty, about AD 1800–1900 PDF A78褐、綠及淺綠釉花形盤石灣佳作署有工匠標記。鑒賞家們將這些標記視作代表真品和質量的品牌。借助這些款識和當地的家譜，可以探索某些陶工的經歷。這件葵花形盤外底壓印有四字印款“陶谷主人”。炻器，褐色、綠色及淺綠色釉石灣窯廣東省南海縣佛山（今佛山市南海區）清代，約1800-1900年