Shiwan Cookie Mould | Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Artist:

Shiwan Ware

Description

Circular cookie mould with an impressed design of a butterfly with brown glaze, in centre of the depression. Colour: brown

Gallery Information

Accession Number:

2006.014.010

Credit:

Gift of the American Friends of Canada through the generosity of Carol Potter Peckham

Paris Number:

18266

Historical Information

Period:

late 19th - early 20th century

Culture:

Chinese

Date:

Artwork Details

Object Type:

mould

Subject:

Shiwan wares were a popular folk ceramic produced in Fo Shan, Guangdong province in the 19th century and have continued to be popular to this day. This ware includes not only a wide variety of colourful containers, but also images of famous personages from history, lore and legend as well as animals and birds.

Medium:

Material:

stoneware; glaze, enamel, brown

Support:

Dimensions:

Overall: 1.7 x 7.3 cm