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Jingdezhen ware
(China)
- Title
- Brush rest moulded in the form of three dragons
- Other titles:
- Brush rest in the form of mountains
- Place of origin
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Jingdezhen →
Jiangxi Province →
China
- Period
- Wanli 1573 - 1619 → Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
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13.0 x 17.7 x 4.0cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1988
- Accession number
- 300.1988
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Three dragons are sitting among clouds above three mountains emerging from the ocean. The myth of the Three Sacred Mountains first appeared in the Warring States period (475-221BC) when the pursuit of immortality was very popular. Legend has it that the Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yinghai in the East China sea had herbs that could make people live forever. Dragons are often combined with the Three Sacred Mountains in Ming and Qing decorative art.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, January 2012
- Bibliography (2)
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J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Author), Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Sydney, 1977, 24. cat.no. 32
'The Scholar's Studio', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 160 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (2)
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Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Feb 1977–26 Jun 1977.
Dragon (2012), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Jan 2012–06 May 2012.
