Dish
first half of 16th century (made)
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Dish with rounded sides and everted lip; tapering footring and slightly recessed base. Painted in rather greyish blue under a semi-crazed glaze within the centre, a fantastic beast with scrolling tail, a band of lotus scroll round the well and criss-cross lozenge border; and round the outside with two similar beasts with foliage sprays in their mouths.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue |
| Brief description | Dish, porcelain painted in underglaze blue; China (Jingdezhen), Ming dynasty, first half of 16th century |
| Physical description | Dish with rounded sides and everted lip; tapering footring and slightly recessed base. Painted in rather greyish blue under a semi-crazed glaze within the centre, a fantastic beast with scrolling tail, a band of lotus scroll round the well and criss-cross lozenge border; and round the outside with two similar beasts with foliage sprays in their mouths. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
| Object history | 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 | label |
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| Accession number | FE.30-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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