Blue glaze brown spot sheep-head pot

[Blue glaze brown spot sheep-head pot]

Blue glaze brown spot sheep-head pot, 23.8 cm in height, 10.8 cm in diameter and 10.8 cm in bottom diameter
Pot mouth shallow plate type, thin neck, spherical belly, flat bottom. One side of the shoulder is equipped with a sheep head flow, the opposite side is equipped with a crank, and the other side is equipped with a transverse system. The whole body is painted with cyan glaze, and there is no glaze at the bottom. Apply some brown spots on the rim of the pot mouth, the sheep head and the tie. There are two dark strings on the shoulder
The highlight of this pot is the sheep-headed pot flow, the mouth of the sheep is slightly open, a whisker is under the jaw, the eyes are convex, the corners are bent back, and the eyes are painted with brown color, which is quite charming. The celadon pots of the Six Dynasties were often made of animal heads. In addition to sheep heads, there were chicken heads, tiger heads, and eagle heads
When celadon developed to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, its decoration took on new features. At this time, the prevailing banded or engraved patterns on the celadon of the Western Jin Dynasty have basically disappeared, replaced by the carved string patterns, or light and plain without decorative patterns, forming a simple and simple style. However, the brown spot decoration appeared in the late Western Jin Dynasty was very popular in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. These characteristics are reflected in this article.