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Details
- Other Title
- Desk stand with relief decoration of flowers and animals
- Place where the work was made
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Zhejiang Province
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China
- Period
- Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Date
- 1368-1644
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- celadon with relief decoration
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 11.4 x 4.5 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Laurence G. Harrison 1990
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 101.1990
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Longquan ware
Works in the collection
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About
The wooden box in which this piece is stored (according to the Japanese custom), indicates that it was once in the possession of the Kyoto Zen temple of Tenryu-ji, which was ranked first among the major Zen temples in Kyoto during the Muromachi period (1392-1568). Modelled on a wooden prototype with a pair of incense holders attached, the tablestand would have been produced for the local Chinese market and have been brought back to Japan by a Zen monk. Zen monks played a significant role in the import of Chinese culture to Japan.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.210.
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Places
Where the work was made
Zhejiang Province
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The World of Samurai Culture', Sydney, 2003, 210 (colour illus.).
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