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Wucai dish with song birds, Ming dynasty, China, 1573-1620.
Wucai dish with song birds, Ming dynasty, China, 1573-1620. Large wucai shallow dish with everted rim decorated in the centre with a pair of red-breasted birds with long plummage. One of the birds is perched on a rock, the other is in flight amidst a fruiting peach tree and flowering peony plant. There are two smaller chattering song birds beneath a double line border. The exterior has a wide scrolling band of underglaze blue kui dragons and lingzhi. The base has a six-character underglaze blue Wanli mark and the piece is of the period. 'Wucai' literally means 'five colours' and is the term given to late Ming ceramics decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze ceramics.'
Unique Identifier
AR919272
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2835px × 2217px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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16TH CENTURY
17th century
artefact
Artifact
Bird
BIRDS
Ceramic
china
CHINESE
color
country
Dish
DYNASTY
Floral
LOCATION
MING
MING DYNASTY
Museum of East Asian Art
Object
Plate
Porcelain
Pottery
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Wanli period
wucai