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Jingdezhen ware

(China)

Title
Dish with bouquet design
Place of origin
JingdezhenJiangxi ProvinceChina
Period
Yongzheng 1723 - 1735Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
Year
1723-1735
Media category
Ceramic
Materials used
porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Dimensions

3.6 x 15.5cm

Credit
Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1992
Accession number
194.1992
Location
Lower Asian gallery
Further information

This small dish exemplifies the persistent admiration for classic Ming porcelains. In the high point of Qing ceramic porcelain, 'copies' such as this, which in shape and design emulate the Yongle example (Acc.no. 575.1993), were of superb quality.

The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.114.

Bibliography (6)

Antique Collection[?] Collector[?] Apr 1960, Apr 1960.

F.E.C.B. Jun 1960-Dec 1960, Jun 1960-Dec 1960.

Editor Unknown (Editor), 1000 Years of Chinese Ceramics, Sydney, 1970. cat.no. 94

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, 27-28, 42 (illus.). cat.no.115, plate no. 18

J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Author), Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Sydney, 1977, 30-31,. cat.no. 56

'The Marvel of Porcelain', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 10 (colour illus.), 114 (colour illus.).

Exhibition history (5)

Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, The Ceramic Society of Australia, 12 Nov 1951–24 Nov 1951.

Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Aug 1965–12 Sep 1965.

1,000 Years of Chinese Ceramics, Lindesay, 26 Nov 1970–29 Nov 1970.

Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Feb 1977–26 Jun 1977.

Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994.