Dish
Item number Edz1398 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Bowl with flared top and rolled mouth rim. Rim at base is raised 1 cm. Inside bottom is convex with blue-grey mark in centre. Double line around inside near bottom. Glaze is smooth, but rough inside under glaze. Free style flowers, leaves and fungus around outside.
History Of Use
Kitchen Ching is the type of ceramics that Chinese workers took with them for their own use when they migrated to various places in Southeast Asia. This Ware was also used in China.
Cultural Context
household
Iconographic Meaning
The fungus and the peach are symbols of longevity.
Item History
- Made in China
- Collected between 1927 and 1940
- Owned by Richard Brown
- Owned by Charles Walker and Aileen P. Walker before January 9, 1985
- Received from Aileen P. Walker (Donor) and Charles Walker (Donor) on January 9, 1985
What
- Name
- Dish
- Identification Number
- Edz1398
- Type of Item
- dish
- Material
- clay, glaze and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- thrown, painted and glazed
- Overall
- height 5.7 cm, diameter 13.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Richard Brown, Charles Walker and Aileen P. Walker
- Received from
- Aileen P. Walker (Donor) and Charles Walker (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1927 and 1940
- Ownership Date
- before January 9, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on January 9, 1985
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1012/0002
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