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Blue-and-white dish with plants
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Material and technique
- porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue
- Dimensions
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8 cm (height)
47.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 27.5 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Professor A. H. Sayce, 1933.
- Accession no.
- EAX.1388
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Further reading
London: The Arts Council Gallery, 16 December 1953-23 January 1954, The Oriental Ceramic Society Loan Exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain: 14th to 19th Centuries, Harry Garner, ed. (London: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1953), no. 24
Glossary (2)
porcelain, underglaze painting
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porcelain
Ceramic material composed of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar which is fired to a temperature of c.1350-1400⁰c. The resulting ceramic is vitreous, translucent, and white in colour.
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underglaze painting
Painting applied to ceramic material before a transparent, or monochrome or coloured glaze for Islamic objects, is applied. The technique was initially developed in China.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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