Dish
1279-1368 (made)
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Chinese potters first used sprigging around 600–400 BC. The technique was revived for details by potters at the Longquan kilns in south China, this dish being one example.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed stoneware with applied and incised decoration |
| Brief description | Longquan ware. Dish, stoneware with dragon applied under a celadon glaze, China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| Physical description | Dish with rounded sides, flattened and slightly everted rim, recessed base and unglazed foot-ring. Stoneware covered with celadon glaze, matt with pinholes from the firing. Decorated inside in moulded relief with a small-headed, scaly, four-clawed dragon rampant with pointed tail, and round the cavetto with a band of sketchy, incised cloud scroll; the outside with carved lotus petals. |
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| Credit line | Mrs B. Z. Seligman Bequest |
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| Summary | Chinese potters first used sprigging around 600–400 BC. The technique was revived for details by potters at the Longquan kilns in south China, this dish being one example. |
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| Accession number | FE.187-1974 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2009 |
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