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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Jingdezhen
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Jiangxi Province
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China
- Period
- Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Date
- circa 1725-1750
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamels in the 'doucai' style
- Dimensions
- 3.8 x 8.1 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr J.H. Myrtle 1992
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 193.1992
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Jingdezhen ware
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About
Reference to and reverence for the past are enshrined in the Chinese artistic tradition. Just as painters sought to achieve the lofty ideals of earlier masters, so potters sought to emulate the refined achievements of their predecessors. This exquisite wine cup demonstrates that the extraordinarily fine porcelains of the Chenghua period (1467-87) of the Ming dynasty were a natural source of inspiration for the technically accomplished potters of the early Qing. In all respects the vessel emulates its Chenghua precursors. The perfection of the almost miniature form is matched by the quiet refinement of the underglaze blue decoration and the subtle exuberance of the overglaze enamels. The 'doucai' technique, meaning 'contending' or 'contrasting colours', juxtaposes the bright but transparent enamel colours- in this case red, green, yellow, turquoise and pale aubergine with the softer tone of the underglaze blue.
Art Gallery Handbook, 1999. pg. 257.
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Places
Where the work was made
Jingdezhen
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
1,000 Years of Chinese Ceramics, Lindesay, Darling Point, 26 Nov 1970–29 Nov 1970
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
The Way We Eat, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Apr 2021–13 Jun 2022
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Bibliography
Referenced in 6 publications
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Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Asian Collection: East Asia', pg. 246-287, Sydney, 1999, 257 (colour illus.).
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Marvel of Porcelain', Sydney, 2003, 119 (colour illus.).
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Jackie Menzies, AGNSW Collections, 'Asian Art - India, South-East Asia, China, Tibet, Korea, Japan', pg. 173-228, Sydney, 1994, 203 (colour illus.).
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Julian Thompson, Orientations, 'Chinese Porcelain in the Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg. 96-103, Hong Kong, Sep 2000, 102 (colour illus.). fig.10
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Editor Unknown (Editor), 1000 Years of Chinese Ceramics, Sydney, 1970. cat. no. 64
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John Saxby (Editor), Look, "The way we eat", Sydney, Jun 2021-Jul 2021, 15 (colour illus.).
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