Dish
1279-1368 (made)
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Dish, moulded with two characters 'shufu' on the sides, a rampant 3-clawed dragon among clouds surrounded by a lotus scroll with four blooms on the bottom, covered with a thick bluish glaze.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with moulded decoration under the glaze |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain with moulded dragon and lotus design under a pale bluish glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Jingdezhen), Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| Physical description | Dish, moulded with two characters 'shufu' on the sides, a rampant 3-clawed dragon among clouds surrounded by a lotus scroll with four blooms on the bottom, covered with a thick bluish glaze. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
| Object history | From Gatid, 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. |
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| Accession number | FE.80-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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