Changsha celadon four-legged furnace

[Changsha kiln celadon four-legged furnace]

Changsha kiln celadon four-legged furnace, Song Dynasty, 8.5 cm high, 8 cm caliber, 8.3 cm foot pitch
The furnace cover is modeled after ancient bronze ware, with a closed mouth, straight belly, folded bottom, and four legs underneath. The cover is raised in the shape of a helmet. It is decorated with a bead button, and a long strip hollow is decorated around it. The upper part of the cover is decorated with brown color. The body is painted with blue glaze, which is inferior to the bottom. The glaze color is yellow in blue, elegant and soft, and the glaze surface has small split patterns
This kind of stove is also known as incense, and is used for incense. The furnace cover is mostly carved and decorated. The burning spices are placed in the furnace, and the curl of light smoke wafts out from the hollow, like a cloud. Porcelain incense was first seen in the Eastern Wu Dynasty. It was more popular in the Six Dynasties. There were many trays, large stoves, perforated covers and generous styles. After the Tang Dynasty, the tray was changed to three or five feet, which was small and dense
Changsha Kiln, also known as Tongguan Kiln, Wangcheng Kiln and Wazhaping Kiln, is also known as Changsha Kiln because it is under the jurisdiction of Changsha City. Changsha Kiln, which originated in the Middle Tang Dynasty and flourished in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, is a large-scale folk porcelain kiln with high technology. The decoration techniques of Changsha kiln porcelain include carved flowers, molded decals, sculptures and underglaze decoration, among which the underglaze color is the most famous. The color materials used are mainly green color with copper oxide as colorant and brown color with iron oxide as colorant. According to color painting techniques, it can be divided into four types: underglaze brown color spot pattern, underglaze green color spot pattern, underglaze green color painting and underglaze brown green color painting
The shape of this device is regular and generous, the body is thick and heavy, and the cover is decorated with underglaze brown color, the glaze color is different, and the decoration is very strong.