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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Plate, Hanging Plate

About 1984 (made)
Place of origin

Decoration: Abstract vertical stripes


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with greenish-white, yellow and dark brown glazes
Physical description
Decoration: Abstract vertical stripes
Dimensions
  • Width: 22.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Shiwan. Wending' sealmark roughly incised on base
Object history
Bought in Hong Kong by Rose Kerr, AK/ in course of trip to China to acquire 20th c. material in 1984
Notes on significance: Avant-garde by Chinese standards
Production
Artist: Mei Wending (1940 - )
Biographical reference: The only potter at Shiwan to be recognised as a 'Master Craftsman': Wei Min, 'Shiwan Remoulds Style', 'China Daily', 12.7.1985
Shiwan, Guangdong province, CHINA
Bibliographic reference
Rose Kerr, 'Contemporary Chinese Crafts', 'V&A Album 4' (1985), p.326, fig. 9: Frances Wood & Rose Kerr, 'Chinese Collections', 'Crafts', 77 (Nov/Dec, 1985), p.36 'Shiwan Wares', Fung Ping Shan Museum (Hong Kong, 1979): 'Shiwan yao', Chugoku toji zenshu 24 (Kyoto, 1982)
Collection
Accession number
FE.37-1984

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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