Dehua ware
(China)
- Title
- Figure of Guanyin
- Place of origin
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Fujian Province →
China
- Period
- Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Year
- late 17th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- blanc-de-chine porcelain
- Dimensions
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34.4 x 16.0 x 13.9cm
- Credit
- Gift of Sydney Cooper 1962
- Accession number
- EC79.1962
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
The history of ceramic development and fashion in China can best be studied through Jingdezhen porcelain whether intended for court, domestic or export requirements. Of course there were innumerable kilns throughout China, particularly in the south-east, the south and the north. But there were not many centres of note receiving favoured patronage and the best known was probably Dehua in Fujian province, where the deservedly celebrated ivory coloured or white porcelain known in the West as 'blanc-de-Chine' was made. One of the specialities of these kilns was figures such as Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy, and others from the Buddhist pantheon.
Hepburn Myrtle, 'Chinese Porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties', AGNSW, Sydney, 1977. pp6-7
- Bibliography (3)
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'Chinese Porcelain', pg. 30-41., Asian Collection Handbook, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1990, 1990, 40 (illus.).
J. Hepburn Myrtle (Australia, b.1911, d.1998) (Author), Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Sydney, 1977, 6-7, 26. cat.no.38. See Further Information for text.
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, 26, 44 (illus.). cat.no. 98
- Exhibition history (3)
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Chinese Ceramics, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 11 Aug 1965–12 Sep 1965.
Chinese porcelain of the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 18 Feb 1977–26 Jun 1977.
Buddhist Art from the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 06 May 1995–10 Sep 1995.
