Jingdezhen ware
(China)
- Title
- 'Hill' censer
- Other titles:
- Qingbai ware "Hill" censer (on three moulded ram's head feet)
Yingqing ware "Hill" censer (on three moulded ram's head feet) - Place of origin
-
Jingdezhen →
Jiangxi Province →
China
- Period
- Song dynasty 960 - 1279 → China
- Year
- 13th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with 'qingbai' glaze
- Dimensions
-
10.0 x 8.4cm object with base:
part a - lid; 5.5 x 8.4cm; height x diameter
part b - base; 4.7 x 8.4cm; height x diameter
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1990
- Accession number
- 250.1990.a-b
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The so-called 'qingbai' (bluish white) ware was popular with local as well as overseas markets. The prototype for this purely Chinese shape is the bronze 'boshanlu' type believed to be a representation of Penglai-shan, the mythical abode of the Daoist Immortals.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.113.
- Bibliography (1)
-
'The Marvel of Porcelain', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 113 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994.
