Plate
first half of 16th century (made)
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Plate with spreading rim foliated in twelves lobes, the shallow well with carved fluting inside and out; tapering footring. Painted in the centre with a qilin with head raised, surrounded by rocks and plants, and round the rim with cartouches containing alternately six-character inscription; a border of whirls under the rim and of petals round the foot.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue |
Brief description | Plate, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, first half of 16th century |
Physical description | Plate with spreading rim foliated in twelves lobes, the shallow well with carved fluting inside and out; tapering footring. Painted in the centre with a qilin with head raised, surrounded by rocks and plants, and round the rim with cartouches containing alternately six-character inscription; a border of whirls under the rim and of petals round the foot. |
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Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
Object history | The group of objects (FE.3 to 105-1975) were all acquired by Sir John Addis during his stay in Manila as British Ambassador, ca. 1965-70, and are purportedly from excavations there. See papers published at the Manila Trade Pottery Seminiar, 1968, here noted; also Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968; and Addis, J. M. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, pp. 17-36. |
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Accession number | FE.32-1975 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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