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Details
- Other Title
- Dish with the figure of He Xiangu
- Place where the work was made
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Jingdezhen
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Jiangxi Province
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China
- Period
- Tianqi 1621 - 1627 → Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Date
- 1621-1627
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 16.0 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1966
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- EC9.1966
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Jingdezhen ware
Works in the collection
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About
A type of export ware catering to Japanese taste was 'ko-sometsuke' (old blue-and-white) which is distinguished by its casual decoration, eccentric shapes and defective edges where the glaze has broken away (an effect prized by the Japanese, who term it 'mushikui', 'insect eaten'). The small dish depicts the Daoist Immortal He Xiangu who, according to popular legend, was a fairy whose diet of powdered mother-of-pearl and moonbeams gave her immortality. The seven-character poem has been translated as 'Born upon an auspicious cloud, she returns to the fairy grotto'.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.137.
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Places
Where the work was made
Jingdezhen
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1966, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Apr 1967–07 May 1967
Beyond Words: Calligraphic Traditions of Asia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Aug 2016–30 Apr 2017
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Export Ceramics', Sydney, 2003, 137 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
Maruyama & Co., Ltd., pre May 1966, Japan, purchased by Mr. Myrtle on behalf of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1966.
