Jingdezhen ware
(China)
- Title
- Tea bowl and cover decorated with floral motifs and a poem by Jiaqing Emperor
- Place of origin
-
Jingdezhen →
Jiangxi Province →
China
- Period
- Jiaqing 1796 - 1820 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- 1796-1820
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
-
8.4 x 10.8cm overall:
a - part a - bowl; 5.6 x 10.8cm; height x diameter
b - part b - cover; 3.1 x 9.9cm; height x diameter
- Credit
- Gift from the J.H. Myrtle Collection 2003
- Accession number
- 124.2003.a-b
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
'The main decorative theme on the exterior of bowl and cover is a poem dated 1797 composed by the Chia-ch'ing [Jiaqing] emperor. The following is a translation by Dr. S.W. Bushell, 'Oriental Ceramic Art'. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1899.
"Finest tribute tea of the first picking
And a bright full moon prompt a line of verse.
A lively fire glows in a bamboo stove
The water is boiling in the stone griddle,
Small bubbles rise like eyes of fish or crab.
Of rare Ch'i-chiang tea, rolled in tiny balls,
One cup is enough to lighten the heart,
And dissipate the early winter chill."Chinese Porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, 1977.
- Bibliography (2)
-
J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Author), Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Sydney, 1977, 34. cat.no. 70
'Porcelain for the last Emperors' by Hepburn Myrtle, pg. 34-39., Hemisphere Oct 1975, Oct 1975, 34 (colour illus.), 35-39.
- Exhibition history (1)
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Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Feb 1977–26 Jun 1977.
