Fire deer
Dish
1985 (made)
1985 (made)
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Decoration: 'Fire deer': two deer and abstract fire symbol
Box: Fitted box
Box: Fitted box
Object details
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| Title | Fire deer (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with cut-glaze design |
| Brief description | 'Fire deer' dish, hanging plate, stoneware with cut-glaze design, made by Wang Jianan, China (Zibo, Shangdong province), 1985 |
| Physical description | Decoration: 'Fire deer': two deer and abstract fire symbol Box: Fitted box |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Jianan zuo' incised in cursive script on base
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| Object history | Purchased from the artist, now resident in London. Previously exhibited at the National Fine Art Museum, Beijing in 1986. Notes on significance: Artist's notes in register: created using woodcut techniques. Flames have some resemblance to stags' horns, and deer are anciently associated with fire. |
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| Accession number | FE.146-1988 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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