Longquan Kiln Blue Glazed Pan Mouth Bottle

[Longquan Kiln Glazed Pan Neck Bottle]

Longquan Kiln Glazed Pan Neck Bottle, Song Dynasty, 17.0 cm in height, 6.7 cm in diameter and 7.6 cm in foot diameter
Bottle plate mouth, slender neck, shoulder slip, round belly, round foot. The inside, outside and inside of the foot are covered with blue glaze, the bottom edge is unglazed, and the glaze at the convex edge is thin, reflecting the white fetal bone
This bottle has neither exquisite and complicated carving nor colorful and thick patterns, but it shows charming artistic charm with its beautiful shape, pure and beautiful glaze color and thick style. Its glaze is pink blue glaze. Its beauty of color and texture represents the highest level of green glaze firing in China’s history
The shapes of Longquan kiln porcelain are rich and varied, such as plates, bowls, washes, stoves in daily life, pen holders, water pots, statues, furnishings, stationery, etc. in stationery. Among them, Li (Li Yin Li) type furnaces imitating Shang and Zhou bronzes, cong bottles imitating jade wares and bronze pots imitating Han Dynasty are the most exquisite. In terms of decoration, because the celadon glaze of Longquan Kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty is thick and opaque, the carving decoration prevailing in the Northern Song Dynasty is no longer applicable, and the pile sculpture and relief as decorative means came into being, producing unique three-dimensional patterns such as dragon and phoenix, double fish, lotus petals, and figure patterns, further strengthening the aesthetic sense of decorative art
The achievement of Longquan celadon is inseparable from the porcelain craftsman’s mastery of advanced firing technology. In the Southern Song Dynasty, lime alkali glaze was used in Longquan kiln to replace the previous lime glaze. Lime-alkali glaze is characterized by high viscosity at high temperature and is not easy to flow when fired. Among them, pink and plum green glazes are the most famous. The glaze layer of plum green glaze is more than 1.5 mm thick, with green glaze color and soft luster. The jade-like integrated glaze color, coupled with the vermilion foot and the change of the glaze color at the turning point of the utensils by using the glaze juice flow, adds to its beautiful and elegant style.

龙泉窑青釉盘口瓶底部