Dish
about 1984 (made)
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Dish, flat form, the footring pierced in three places for suspension as a plaque. Unglazed circle on the base inside the footring, on which the dish was fired. Glazed all over with a glossy black glaze. On the front surface is a design of flowering narcissus, the outlines done in trailed slip, infilled with red, yellow, green and white glaze colours. To the right is a slip-trailed sealmark coloured red, the surname 'Guo'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with black glaze and glaze inlaid decoration |
| Brief description | Dish, stoneware with black glaze and glaze inlaid decoration, made at the Boshan kiln at Zibo in Shangdong province, China, about 1984 |
| Physical description | Dish, flat form, the footring pierced in three places for suspension as a plaque. Unglazed circle on the base inside the footring, on which the dish was fired. Glazed all over with a glossy black glaze. On the front surface is a design of flowering narcissus, the outlines done in trailed slip, infilled with red, yellow, green and white glaze colours. To the right is a slip-trailed sealmark coloured red, the surname 'Guo'. |
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| Object history | Bought in China by Rose Kerr, AK/FED in course of trip to China to acquire 20th c. material in 1984. |
| Production | Zibo, Shandong province, CHINA Factory: Boshan Kiln |
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| Bibliographic reference | Rose Kerr 'Contemporary Chinese crafts', V&A Album 5, p.321, fig.2
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| Accession number | FE.49-1984 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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