Yaozhou ware

(China)

Title

Dish with moulded floral design

Place of origin

Thanh Hoa → Viet Nam

Year

12th century-13th century

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions

5.8 x 16.6cm

Signature & date

Not signed. Not dated.

Credit

Gift of Dr John Yu & Dr George Soutter 2002

Accession number

162.2002

Location

Upper Asian gallery

Further information

Chinese Yaozhou ware, a dark green Northern celadon, was the inspiration for this bowl and many others produced at this time (but not later). The decoration is a moulded design of flowers. The five stilt marks which form a circle in the centre are typical of this type of ware.

The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.300.

Bibliography (2)

Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, Domain, 2003, 300 (colour illus.).

John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: a separate tradition, United States of America, 1997, 233. Comparative piece cat.no. 108