Plate
Item number Edz1421 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
A ceramic plate which has a broad bottom, and sides curving up sharply in a cavetto terminating in rounded edge. Set on low, sharp, flaring foot. Glazed base has double red overglaze enamelled ring in centre. Grey-white porcelain body, glazed over all in white. Interior has phoenix and cloud forms on bottom. Aunning pattern of daisy-like flowers, with peony type leaves, is on the cavetto. A diamond trellis pattern just beneath edge. Exterior has a similar running floral pattern. All motifs outlined in red and all enamelled over the glaze.
History Of Use
Swatow Ware, named after a small port from which the ceramics were once thought to be exported, includes varied porcelain from kilns in the north of Kuangtung. The wares were produced from the 16th through the 17th centuries, approximately, and were intended for export to Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Japan.
Iconographic Meaning
The phoenix is a symbol of sun, warmth and prosperity.
Item History
- Made in China between 1500 and 1644
- Owned by Jean Fahrni before March 12, 1980
- Received from Jean Fahrni (Seller) and Fyfe-Smith Memorial Oriental Collection Fund (Funding source) on March 12, 1980
What
- Name
- Plate
- Identification Number
- Edz1421
- Type of Item
- plate
- Material
- enamel, glaze and clay
- Manufacturing Technique
- moulded, glazed, fired and enamelled
- Overall
- height 4.2 cm, diameter 23.7 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Jean Fahrni
- Received from
- Jean Fahrni (Seller) and Fyfe-Smith Memorial Oriental Collection Fund (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1500 and 1644
- Ownership Date
- before March 12, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on March 12, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 83
- Accession Number
- 0608/0009
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