Dish
1621-1627 (made)
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A shallow saucer dish, with everted rim flattened at the edge and small inclined foot to which grit adheres. Painted inside with a fisherman in his boat beneath a willow tree, on the shores of a lake with distant rocks, birds and moon. Round the rim is a thick crenellated blue border pattern. On the outside beneath the rim is a single blue line with two sketchy branch sprays, and above the foot another blue line. The glaze has small pits and impurities in it, and pools slightly on the base.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Tianqi period (1621-1627) |
Physical description | A shallow saucer dish, with everted rim flattened at the edge and small inclined foot to which grit adheres. Painted inside with a fisherman in his boat beneath a willow tree, on the shores of a lake with distant rocks, birds and moon. Round the rim is a thick crenellated blue border pattern. On the outside beneath the rim is a single blue line with two sketchy branch sprays, and above the foot another blue line. The glaze has small pits and impurities in it, and pools slightly on the base. |
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Other number | Loan Garner No. 3 - Previous loan number |
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Accession number | FE.6-1982 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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