[Huainan Kiln Blue Glazed Four-Series Flask with Lotus Petals]
Huainan Kiln Blue Glazed Four-Series Flask with Lotus Petals, Sui Dynasty, 43cm high, 15cm caliber, 13.5cm foot diameter
The mouth of the bottle, the long neck, the shoulders, and the shoulders are placed with four vertical ties made of double strands of mud, the belly is bulging, the lower part of the belly is gradually converging, and the part near the bottom is outward. The whole body is painted with turquoise glaze, and the glaze only reaches the lower part of the abdomen. The underglaze is painted with pure white makeup soil, and the glaze surface is carved with flakes. The underglaze pattern is carved and printed, the neck and shoulder are stamped with circle pattern, and the shoulder has two carved patterns, the upper is lotus petal pattern, the lower is honeysuckle pattern, and the abdomen has three carved patterns, the upper and lower are lotus petal pattern, the middle is honeysuckle pattern, and each layer of pattern is separated by string pattern. Because archaeologists have found this kind of four-series bottle at the Huainan kiln site in Anhui Province, and also unearthed this kind of four-series bottle in the tombs of the Sui Dynasty in Anhui Province, it is inferred that this four-series bottle should be the product of Huainan kiln in Anhui Province.