Plate, Hanging Plate
About 1984 (made)
| Place of origin |
Decoration: Abstract vertical stripes
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware with greenish-white, yellow and dark brown glazes |
| Physical description | Decoration: Abstract vertical stripes |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Shiwan. Wending' sealmark roughly incised on base |
| Object history | Bought in Hong Kong by Rose Kerr, AK/ in course of trip to China to acquire 20th c. material in 1984 Notes on significance: Avant-garde by Chinese standards |
| Production | Artist: Mei Wending (1940 - ) Biographical reference: The only potter at Shiwan to be recognised as a 'Master Craftsman': Wei Min, 'Shiwan Remoulds Style', 'China Daily', 12.7.1985 Shiwan, Guangdong province, CHINA |
| Bibliographic reference | Rose Kerr, 'Contemporary Chinese Crafts', 'V&A Album 4' (1985), p.326, fig. 9: Frances Wood & Rose Kerr, 'Chinese Collections', 'Crafts', 77 (Nov/Dec, 1985), p.36
'Shiwan Wares', Fung Ping Shan Museum (Hong Kong, 1979): 'Shiwan yao', Chugoku toji zenshu 24 (Kyoto, 1982) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.37-1984 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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