Single-handled pot with blue glaze and honeysuckle pattern

[Blue glaze carved honeysuckle pattern single-handle pot]

Blue glaze carved honeysuckle pattern single-handle pot, North Dynasty, height 21.3 cm, caliber 11 cm, foot diameter 12 cm
pot mouth edge, short neck, shoulder, drum belly, bottom with cake shape solid feet. A vertical system is symmetrically arranged on both sides of the shoulder, a tubular short flow is arranged on the other side, and a curved handle is arranged on the opposite side of the flow. The body is full and round. The carcass is thick and gray. The inside and outside of the pot are glazed, the glaze color is green, the glaze layer is transparent, the glass texture of the glaze is strong, and the glaze surface has fine fragments
The pot is carved with flower decoration. The decoration is divided into three layers. The shoulder and lower abdomen are respectively inverted and covered with lotus petal patterns. The inverted and covered lotus petal patterns are honeysuckle patterns. The decoration is separated by string patterns. The pattern level is clear and the decoration technique is skilled
After Buddhism was introduced into China in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it tended to flourish in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which was reflected in the porcelain decoration. During this period, lotus, lotus petals, honeysuckle and other decorative patterns were very popular on porcelain, with distinctive characteristics of the times
This utensil was donated by Mr. Chen Wanli, a researcher of the Palace Museum and a world-renowned ceramic expert in modern times. Mr. Chen’s donated ceramics have enriched the collection of the Palace Museum, and some of the utensil are the preferred exhibits in the previous ceramic exhibitions of the Palace Museum.