Ding white glaze box

[Ding Kiln White Glazed Box]

Ding Kiln White Glazed Box, Tang Dynasty, 6.9 cm in height, 9.8 cm in diameter and 5.4 cm in foot diameter
The box is round, the upper and lower female openings are closed, the wall is straight, the top of the cover is raised, the lower abdomen is retracted, and the foot is circled. The tyre wall is thick and the tyre material is hard. White glaze is applied inside and outside. The glaze color is white and the glaze surface is glossy
This box is a typical Ding kiln product of the Tang Dynasty. The Ding Kiln site is located in Quyang County, Hebei Province. Porcelain firing began in the Tang Dynasty and ended in the Yuan Dynasty. It lasted for 600 to 700 years. Its products are especially famous for white porcelain
Porcelain boxes in the Tang Dynasty were mainly round and mostly plain. By the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the surface of the box was mostly carved with patterns, and the feet of the box were gradually high and left out. In the Song Dynasty, the porcelain boxes were diversified in shape. In the Tang Dynasty, porcelain boxes were mainly used for daily use. They were mostly used to hold women’s cosmetics, including powder boxes, red boxes, oil boxes, and Dai boxes. In addition, there were also medicine boxes, mirror boxes, or special boxes for holding spices.

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