Chinese Ming dynasty under-glazed Swatow dish

dc.contributor.otherVan Tilburg, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-06T14:52:00Z
dc.date.available2016-07-06T14:52:00Z
dc.date.created1580
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionThe pinkish body of this Swatow dish with rounded sides and a narrow, everted rim is decorated on the interior with a central medallion showing the split-pagoda design: a river landscape with a boat; a human figure on a bridge approaching a pagoda, split by a channel from a temple complex in the foreground to forested and peaked mountains in the distance. The sides with four ornamental seals separated by four thorn-set cartouches comprising small landscapes with a human figure holding a parasol, or river scenes. The base is sunken, partially glazed and unmarked with kiln grit embedded in the glaze. There are several explanations regarding the origin of this peculiar design. One holds that the channel represents the split gateway as seen at Balinese pagodas, the other that the design is based on a map, perhaps of Jingdezhen. This plate is a typical example of polychrome Swatow, where decoration is done in bold overglaze green and black is used for the finer detail and outlining.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipCeramic 101en_ZA
dc.format.extent70 mm x 370 mmen_ZA
dc.format.mediumSlip-glazed porcelain with overglaze enamelsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/53919
dc.publisherDepartment of the University of Pretoria Arten_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculpturesen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesD709788en_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.subjectSwatow dishen_ZA
dc.titleChinese Ming dynasty under-glazed Swatow dishen_ZA
dc.typeImageen_ZA

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