Longquan ware
(China)
- Title
- Vase
- Place of origin
-
Zhejiang Province →
China
- Period
- Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Year
- 1368-1644
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- celadon
- Dimensions
-
22.7 x 9.5cm; 7.0cm diam of mouth
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr John Yu & Dr George Soutter 2001
- Accession number
- 29.2001
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The vase is moulded with a stout cylindrical body, sloping shoulders and a long narrow tubular neck with a wide flattened mouth rim. A pair of dragon shaped handles decorates the neck. This type of celadon vase became very popular during the 12th-13th centuries CE, and is found more frequently in Longquan ware than any other. Such a vase was produced continuously during the Ming period. This is a very good example of the Ming type.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 17 April 2001
- Bibliography (1)
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'Tea', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 226 (colour illus.).
