Title
Altar vessel 'dou'
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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China
- Period
- Jiaqing 1796 - 1820 → Qing dynasty 1644 - 1911 → China
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- porcelain with yellow glaze
- Dimensions
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29.0 x 16.5 cm
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a - lid, 10.6 x 16.5 cm
b - base, 18.3 x 16.5 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1967
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- EC5.1967.a-b
- Copyright
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About
These ceremonial vessels, the design and decoration of which were based on bronzes of the Western Zhou dynasty, were used in the primary sacrifices on the main altars in Beijing.
This yellow 'dou' would have been made for use on the Altars of Earth and Agriculture.
Hepburn Myrtle, 'Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain', AGNSW, 1980. cat.no. 4
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Places
Where the work was made
China
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Aug 1980–21 Sep 1980
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Iain Clark, TAASA Review, 'Beijing's altar of earth and its ritual ceramics', pg. 13-15, Sydney, Jun 2009, 14 (colour illus.).
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Melanie Eastburn, Look, 'Elemental', pp. 34-41, Sydney, Aug 2022-Sep 2022, 38 (colour illus.).
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J. Hepburn Myrtle, Late Chinese Imperial Porcelain, Sydney, 1980, 6, 11 (illus.). cat.no. 4 See 'Further Information' for text.
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Marvel of Porcelain', Sydney, 2003, 129 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
Douglas Wright, pre Oct 1967, England, purchased by Mr. Myrtle on behalf of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1967.