Green-glazed raised flower hunting pattern pottery pot

[Green-glazed embossed hunting pottery pot]

Green-glazed embossed hunting pottery pot, Eastern Han Dynasty, 25 cm high, 9.8 cm caliber, 10.2 cm bottom diameter
The pot is skimmed, thick neck, bulging belly, shin gradually closed, flat bottom. Gray and white fetus. Green glaze is applied throughout the body, and the glaze color is uniform and bright. The belly is embossed with hunting patterns, showing the dragons, tigers, sheep, etc. running in the forest
Hunting patterns were popular in handicrafts from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, which reflected the social life conditions at that time, including banquets, shooting, mulberry picking, hunting and land and water attacks. The pottery of the Han Dynasty was decorated with these patterns by embossing
The lime glaze containing copper oxide appears green in the oxidation atmosphere. The traditional green glaze in China uses copper oxide as colorant, which belongs to copper green glaze.

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