Ding Kiln White Glaze Engraved with “Guan”

[Ding Kiln White Glaze Engraved with the word “official” Shuicheng]

Ding Kiln White Glaze Engraved with the word “official” Shuicheng, five dynasties, 6.4 cm high, 5 cm caliber, 3.5 cm foot diameter. In the Palace Museum
Shuicheng’s mouth is closed, the body is round and round, and the foot is encircled. The outer bottom is engraved with the word “official” in the running script. The body is light and thin, delicate and firm, and white glaze is applied inside and outside the body
The word “official” is engraved, with several types of calligraphies, such as line, regular script and cursive script. Most of them are running script, mainly seen on white porcelain from the late Tang Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty. The Yue, Yaozhou, Xing and Ding kilns were all unearthed. The word “official” on porcelain should mean “official sample”, which is a kind of charge, indicating that it is the intention of the government to set fire


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