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Jingdezhen ware
(China)
- Title
- Plate with dragon playing with a flaming pearl
- Other titles:
- Dish (two dragon design)
Jingdezhen ware plate with dragon playing with a flaming pearl - Place of origin
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Jingdezhen →
Jiangxi Province →
China
- Period
- Guangxu 1875 - 1908 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- 1875-1908
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
-
6.4 x 44.5cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1979
- Accession number
- 134.1979
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
In the centre of the interior are two five-clawed dragons, one ascending and the other descending, pursuing a flaming pearl among scrolling clouds. On the exterior, two dragons chase flaming pearls. The Dragon King in Buddhism is believed to possess a precious pearl that lies in the ocean. The decorative theme of dragons playing with pearls started to appear after the Tang and Song dynasties (7th – 12th centuries) is one sign of the spread of Buddhism in China.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, January 2012
- Bibliography (2)
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J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Author), Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Sydney, 1980, front and back cover (colour illus.), 7, 31 (illus.). cat.no. 44. See 'Further Information' for text.
Mr V V W Fretwell (Australia) (Compilator), Mr L G Harrison (Australia) (Compilator), Ivan McMeekin (Australia, b.1919, d.1993) (Compilator), J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Compilator), Chinese ceramics, Sydney, 1965, 31. cat.no.145
- Exhibition history (3)
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Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Aug 1965–12 Sep 1965.
Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Aug 1980–21 Sep 1980.
Dragon (2012), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Jan 2012–06 May 2012.
