Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1368-1398 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:moulded, incised, glazed,
Subjects:bird phoenix
Dimensions:Diameter: 19 centimetres Height: 4.10 centimetres
Description:
Dish with moulded and incised decoration beneath a monochrome white glaze. This shallow dish, which has rounded sides and an everted rim, stands on a spreading foot ring. Inside it is decorated with two phoenix flying among large and small ruyi clouds in the cavetto and with three incised clouds in the centre. Distinctions are made in the depiction of the phoenix. One with a long scrolling tail turns back to look at the other whose tail divides into five feathers, possibly representing male and female birds respectively. The base is unglazed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Shards of other white dishes of the same shape, moulded with scrolling foliage, have been excavated from the imperial kiln site at Jingdezhen from the Hongwu strata. White dishes of such high quality could have been used at court, possibly for ritual purposes.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:moulded, incised, glazed,
Subjects:bird phoenix
Dimensions:Diameter: 19 centimetres Height: 4.10 centimetres
Description:
Dish with moulded and incised decoration beneath a monochrome white glaze. This shallow dish, which has rounded sides and an everted rim, stands on a spreading foot ring. Inside it is decorated with two phoenix flying among large and small ruyi clouds in the cavetto and with three incised clouds in the centre. Distinctions are made in the depiction of the phoenix. One with a long scrolling tail turns back to look at the other whose tail divides into five feathers, possibly representing male and female birds respectively. The base is unglazed.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Shards of other white dishes of the same shape, moulded with scrolling foliage, have been excavated from the imperial kiln site at Jingdezhen from the Hongwu strata. White dishes of such high quality could have been used at court, possibly for ritual purposes.
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