Title
Dish with single fish motif
circa 1400
late 14th century-early 15th century
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Dish with moulded fish in centre enamelled orange, and with a 'hole bottom' foot
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Ming dynasty 1368 - 1644 → China
- Dates
- circa 1400
late 14th century-early 15th century - Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with underglaze blue decoration, unglazed fish painted with a brown iron wash, recessed 'hole-bottom' base
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 12.0 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Anthony Odillo Maher 1998
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 24.1998
- Copyright
- Share
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About
The small 'hole bottom' dish decorated with a single fish, cleverly painted in iron glaze to stimulate a goldfish colour, must have been very popular. Large numbers have been excavated at sites throughout Southeast Asia, predominately in the Philippines at sites in southern Luzon and Manila.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.137.
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
In one drop of water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Jun 2019–21 Feb 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Roxanna M Brown and Adrian Joseph (Editors), South-East Asian and Chinese Trade Pottery, Hong Kong, 1979. In this publication a work of similar style is illustrated, pg. 47, 50 (illus.), cat. no. 56.
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'Export Ceramics', Sydney, 2003, 137 (colour illus.).
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