Dish
1621-1627 (made)
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This dish is decorated with a hen and her chicks amongst garden foliage. The illustration can be found in a wood-block illustrated manual, the Cao Ben Hua Shi Pu, 'Grass Poetry Manual', printed in Huizhou, Anhui province in 1621. This type of ceramic was very popular in Japan , appreciated for its spontaneity and natural charms and was often known as Ranhohen in Japanese, meaning 'things made in a haphazard fashion'.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels, China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, Tianqi period (1621-27) |
| Physical description | Dish of saucer-shape, painted with a hen and chickends, a flowering plant and insects; brown edge. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'fu' in underglaze blue
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| Summary | This dish is decorated with a hen and her chicks amongst garden foliage. The illustration can be found in a wood-block illustrated manual, the Cao Ben Hua Shi Pu, 'Grass Poetry Manual', printed in Huizhou, Anhui province in 1621. This type of ceramic was very popular in Japan , appreciated for its spontaneity and natural charms and was often known as Ranhohen in Japanese, meaning 'things made in a haphazard fashion'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.119-1929 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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