Dish Item Number: Edz1423 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A low circular ceramic dish with a broad bottom, curving up sharply in a cavetto terminating in rounded edge (piece of rim missing). Set on low, sharp, flaring foot. Glazed base. Grey-white porcelain body, glazed over all in yellowish white. Enamelled over the glaze in red and green floral patterns.
History Of Use
Swatow Ware, named after a small port form 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.
Item History
- Made in China between 1500 and 1644
- Owned by Dorian Coe before August 12, 1980
- Received from Dorian Coe (Donor) on August 12, 1980
What
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Dorian Coe
- Received from
- Dorian Coe (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- China
When
- Creation Date
- between 1500 and 1644
- Ownership Date
- before August 12, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on August 12, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0647/0002