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Details
- Other Titles
- Qingbai ware "Hill" censer (on three moulded ram's head feet)
Yingqing ware "Hill" censer (on three moulded ram's head feet) - Place where the work was made
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Jingdezhen
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Jiangxi Province
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China
- Period
- Song dynasty 960 - 1279 → China
- Date
- 13th century
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with 'qingbai' glaze
- Dimensions
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10.0 x 8.4 cm object with stand
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a - lid, 5.5 x 8.4 cm
b - base, 4.7 x 8.4 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr JH Myrtle 1990
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 250.1990.a-b
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Jingdezhen ware
Works in the collection
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About
The so-called 'qingbai' (bluish white) ware was popular with local as well as overseas markets. The prototype for this purely Chinese shape is the bronze 'boshanlu' type believed to be a representation of Penglai-shan, the mythical abode of the Daoist Immortals.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.113.
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Places
Where the work was made
Jingdezhen
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Great gifts, great patrons, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 17 Aug 1994–19 Oct 1994
Glorious, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 May 2017–06 Jan 2019
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Marvel of Porcelain', Sydney, 2003, 113 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
J. Hepburn Myrtle, pre 1990, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, August 1990.
