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Details
- Other Title
- Heirloom jar
- Place where the work was made
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Guangdong Province
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China
- Date
- late 18th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- stoneware with brown glaze
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 45.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Mr F Storch 1992
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 195.1992
- Copyright
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About
The round face on one side of the jar, and the human hand on the other are unusual design features. Scholar Barbara Harrisson has identified the hand as the armorial insignia of the city of Antwerp, which would have appeared on the city's coins from the 1600s on. The full face may also be a variation on the profiles found on coins. This curious pattern is one of numerous designs on Bornean heirloom jars that recall the close links between South China and West Borneo formed during the 1700s.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.144.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
The Way We Eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Apr 2021–13 Jun 2022
Open Studio (brick vase clay cup jug), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jul 2023–07 Jan 2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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John Guy, Oriental trade ceramics in southeast Asia, 10th to 16th century: selected from Australian collections, including the Art Gallery of South Australia and the Bodor Collection, Melbourne, 1980, 35 (illus.), 36. cat.no. 7
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Export Ceramics', Sydney, 2003, 144 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
Peter Kuring, 1980, Australia, Peter Kuring recorded as the owner in John Guy, ‘Oriental Trade Ceramics in South-East Asia’, published by the National Gallery of Victoria, 1980.
Fred Storch, pre 1992, Australia, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Jun 1992.