Green glaze lamp of Qionglai kiln

[Qiong Kiln Green Glazed Lamp]

Qiong Kiln Green Glazed Lamp, Tang Dynasty, height 3.7 cm, caliber 13 cm, bottom diameter 6.8 cm
The lamp is open, with straight abdomen, and the lower abdomen is gradually closed, with flat bottom. The carcass is thick and heavy. The upper part of the inner and outer walls is painted with green glaze, which is thin and opaque, uniform and lusterless. The lower part of the outer wall has no glaze
The oil lamp is quite unique. The bowl lamp is a sandwich and hollow. The sandwich can be filled with water to reduce the heat of the oil lamp and reduce the overheating and volatilization of the oil, so as to achieve the purpose of fuel saving
Qiong kiln is the most famous porcelain kiln of the Tang Dynasty in Sichuan. The Tang Dynasty is the peak period of Qiong kiln, and the remains of this period are also the most common. Generally, the body of the implements is thick, and the body color is various, mainly purplish red, and gray, earthy yellow, yellow with brown, etc. There is uniformly distributed fine sand in the tire. A layer of white cosmetic soil is often applied between the body and glaze. The glaze colors include blue glaze, blue glaze brown and green spots, blue glaze brown and green color painting, etc., which have a lot in common with Changsha kiln in Hunan. The utensils fired in Qiong Kiln can be roughly summarized as household utensils, stationery, toys and various porcelain sculptures. Living utensils have various shapes, including bowls, pots, washes, plates, bottles, pots, etc. Many utensils have distinctive local characteristics, which are quite rare in other Tang Dynasty porcelain kilns. The decorative patterns of Qiong kiln porcelain are relatively simple. In addition to the blue-glaze brown and green spots and brown and green color paintings, the decorative patterns are more common. They are either composed of brown spots or brown dots, and the central point is green. It is also useful to arrange brown and green spots at intervals to form decorative patterns.

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