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Export ware (South East Asia market)
(China)
- Title
- Bowl with design of ducks and lotus
- Other titles:
- South China bowl with duck and water weed design
- Place of origin
-
Fujian Province →
China
- Period
- Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Year
- 16th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
- Dimensions
-
9.5 x 21.0cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Dr J. Knox 1981
- Accession number
- 38.1981
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
Typical of export blue-and-white, this bowl features a boldly drawn design of lotus and ducks. Since they are known to mate for life, pairs of mandarin ducks became a popular auspicious symbol for a happy marriage and appear frequently in the Chinese decorative repertoire.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.137.
- Bibliography (2)
-
Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, Sydney, 1981, 91 (illus.). cat.no. 7
'Export Ceramics', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 137 (colour illus.).
