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10 août 2012

Dish, glazed stoneware with incised and moulded peony design and characters, Longquan ware, Yuan dynasty, 14th century

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Dish, glazed stoneware with incised and moulded peony design and characters meaning 'great good fortune', Longquan ware, China, Yuan dynasty, 14th century. Diameter: 27.3 cm. C.40-1959. Given by Miss A.V. Hammond in memory of Brigadier-General F.D. Hammond. © V&A Images.

Saucer-shaped dish with foliated rim, stoneware with a green 'celadon' glaze. On the inside, moulded in low relief at the centre, are a peony blossom and the characters da ji, enclosed by a quatrefoil of incised wavy lines with a wide border of incised scrolled foliage on the cavetto. On the outside, shallow fluting radiating from the footrim. 

China produced many types of green-glazed wares, in shades ranging from olive to grass to grey-blue. Resembling jade, they were admired for their tranquil beauty. They were often used in Buddhist tea ceremonies and meditation rituals.

Although some were made in northern China, green-glazed wares remained a speciality of the south; this dish was produced at the Longquan kilns of Zhejiang province. Green-glazed vessels were exported in large quantities to South-east Asia and the Middle East. Later European collectors gave these wares the fanciful name of ‘celadon’.

Marks and inscriptions'Da ji' moulded on the well Great good fortune

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