diff --git a/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst b/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst
index 390d8f17..119028b1 100644
--- a/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/graphicsItems/index.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Contents:
     plotdataitem
     plotitem
     imageitem
+    pcolormeshitem
     graphitem
     viewbox
     linearregionitem
diff --git a/doc/source/graphicsItems/make b/doc/source/graphicsItems/make
index 9d9f9954..df8dd10d 100644
--- a/doc/source/graphicsItems/make
+++ b/doc/source/graphicsItems/make
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ GraphicsWidget
 GridItem
 HistogramLUTItem
 ImageItem
+pColorMeshItem
 InfiniteLine
 LabelItem
 LinearRegionItem
diff --git a/examples/pColorMeshItem.py b/examples/pColorMeshItem.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15884dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pColorMeshItem.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Demonstrates very basic use of pColorMeshItem
+"""
+
+## Add path to library (just for examples; you do not need this)
+import initExample
+
+from pyqtgraph.Qt import QtCore, QtGui
+import numpy as np
+import pyqtgraph as pg
+import pyqtgraph.ptime as ptime
+
+app = QtGui.QApplication([])
+
+## Create window with GraphicsView widget
+win = pg.GraphicsLayoutWidget()
+win.show()  ## show widget alone in its own window
+win.setWindowTitle('pyqtgraph example: pColorMeshItem')
+view = win.addViewBox()
+
+
+## Create data
+x = np.array([[1,1,1,1],
+              [2,2,2,2],
+              [3,3,3,3],
+              [4,4,4,4],
+              [5,5,5,5]])
+y = np.array([[4,8,12,16],
+              [2,4,6,8],
+              [3,6,9,12],
+              [5,10,15,20],
+              [6,12,18,24]])
+z = np.array([[1,2,3],
+              [5,6,7],
+              [9,10,11],
+              [13,14,15]])
+
+## Create image item
+pcmi = pg.pColorMeshItem(x, y, z)
+view.addItem(pcmi)
+
+
+
+fps = 1
+i = 0
+
+def updateData():
+    global pcmi, x, y, z, i
+
+    ## Display the data
+    pcmi.setData(x-i, y, z)
+
+    QtCore.QTimer.singleShot(fps*1000, updateData)
+    i += 1
+    print(i)
+    
+
+updateData()
+
+## Start Qt event loop unless running in interactive mode.
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    if (sys.flags.interactive != 1) or not hasattr(QtCore, 'PYQT_VERSION'):
+        QtGui.QApplication.instance().exec_()
diff --git a/pyqtgraph/__init__.py b/pyqtgraph/__init__.py
index bc36e891..5b50e313 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/__init__.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/__init__.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ from .graphicsItems.BarGraphItem import *
 from .graphicsItems.ViewBox import * 
 from .graphicsItems.ArrowItem import * 
 from .graphicsItems.ImageItem import * 
+from .graphicsItems.pColorMeshItem import * 
 from .graphicsItems.AxisItem import * 
 from .graphicsItems.DateAxisItem import *
 from .graphicsItems.LabelItem import * 
diff --git a/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/pColorMeshItem.py b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/pColorMeshItem.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31fe94d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/pColorMeshItem.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+from __future__ import division
+
+from ..Qt import QtGui, QtCore
+import numpy as np
+from .. import functions as fn
+from .. import debug as debug
+from .GraphicsObject import GraphicsObject
+from ..Point import Point
+from .. import getConfigOption
+
+try:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+except ImportError:
+    # fallback for python < 3.3
+    from collections import Callable
+
+__all__ = ['pColorMeshItem']
+
+
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from matplotlib.colors import Normalize
+
+
+class pColorMeshItem(GraphicsObject):
+    """
+    **Bases:** :class:`GraphicsObject <pyqtgraph.GraphicsObject>`
+
+    TODO
+    """
+
+    sigImageChanged = QtCore.Signal()
+    sigRemoveRequested = QtCore.Signal(object)  # self; emitted when 'remove' is selected from context menu
+
+
+    def __init__(self, x=None, y=None, z=None, cmap=None):
+        """
+        See :func:`setImage <pyqtgraph.ImageItem.setImage>` for all allowed initialization arguments.
+        """
+        GraphicsObject.__init__(self)
+
+        self.x = x
+        self.y = y
+        self.z = z
+        self.qpicture = None  ## rendered image for display
+
+        self.axisOrder = getConfigOption('imageAxisOrder')
+
+
+        if cmap is None:
+            self.cmap = plt.cm.viridis
+
+        if x is not None and y is not None and z is not None:
+            self.setData(x, y, z)
+
+
+    def setData(self, x, y, z):
+        ## pre-computing a QPicture object allows paint() to run much more quickly, 
+        ## rather than re-drawing the shapes every time.
+        profile = debug.Profiler()
+
+        self.qpicture = QtGui.QPicture()
+        p = QtGui.QPainter(self.qpicture)
+        p.setPen(fn.mkPen('w'))
+        
+        xfn = z.shape[0]
+        yfn = z.shape[1]
+
+        norm = Normalize(vmin=z.min(), vmax=z.max())
+        for xi in range(xfn):
+            for yi in range(yfn):
+                
+                p.drawConvexPolygon(QtCore.QPointF(x[xi][yi],     y[xi][yi]),
+                                    QtCore.QPointF(x[xi+1][yi],   y[xi+1][yi]),
+                                    QtCore.QPointF(x[xi+1][yi+1], y[xi+1][yi+1]),
+                                    QtCore.QPointF(x[xi][yi+1],   y[xi][yi+1]))
+
+                c = self.cmap(norm(z[xi][yi]))[:-1]
+                p.setBrush(QtGui.QColor(c[0]*255, c[1]*255, c[2]*255))
+        p.end()
+
+        self.update()
+
+
+
+    def paint(self, p, *args):
+        profile = debug.Profiler()
+        if self.z is None:
+            return
+
+        profile('p.drawPicture')
+        p.drawPicture(0, 0, self.qpicture)
+
+
+
+    def setBorder(self, b):
+        self.border = fn.mkPen(b)
+        self.update()
+
+
+
+    def width(self):
+        if self.x is None:
+            return None
+        return len(self.x)
+
+
+
+    def height(self):
+        if self.y is None:
+            return None
+        return len(self.y)
+
+
+
+
+    def boundingRect(self):
+
+        if self.z is None:
+            return QtCore.QRectF(0., 0., 0., 0.)
+        return QtCore.QRectF(0., 0., float(self.width()), float(self.height()))
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