Dish
early 14th century (made)
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Dish with rounded spreading sides rising toward the rim; solid, straight foot. The rim is foliated in eight pointed lobes. Inside round a central depression is a band of eight radiating 'lotus petal' panels in moulded relief, each containing a different Buddhist emblems. The piece is heavily potted and the glaze inferior, with a greyish tone and various imperfections, including a firing fault on the outside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with moulded relief decoration under the glaze |
| Brief description | Shufu ware. Dish, porcelain with moulded relief decoration under the glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Jiangxi province), Yuan dynasty, early 14th century |
| Physical description | Dish with rounded spreading sides rising toward the rim; solid, straight foot. The rim is foliated in eight pointed lobes. Inside round a central depression is a band of eight radiating 'lotus petal' panels in moulded relief, each containing a different Buddhist emblems. The piece is heavily potted and the glaze inferior, with a greyish tone and various imperfections, including a firing fault on the outside. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
| Object history | From Laguna (near Manila), the Philippines. 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. |
| Production | Register |
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| Bibliographic reference | Addis, J. "Shu Fu type wares discovered in the Philippines", Manila, 1968, fig. 39 |
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| Accession number | FE.82-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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