Yuhang kiln blue glaze chrysanthemum box

[Yuhang Kiln Glazed Chrysanthemum Small Box]

Yuhang Kiln Glazed Chrysanthemum Small Box, Song Dynasty, height 4.1 cm, caliber 4.9 cm, foot diameter 2.8 cm
The box is oblate and has two parts: cover and body. The cover is raised, with a layer of round steps in the center, and a round knob. The cover surface is carved with chrysanthemum pattern, and the round cover button is like the stamen of chrysanthemum. The box body has straight mouth, straight abdomen, folded under the abdomen, and shallow circle feet. The box is covered with blue glaze, the glaze is even and clean, and there are fine grains
Porcelain boxes have appeared in the Tang Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, porcelain kilns all over the country were fired, with various shapes, such as lotus petal boxes, chrysanthemum petal boxes, octagonal boxes, melon boxes, and so on. They were mostly used as a tool for dressing ancient women. This device is small and delicate, the carved lines are thin and round, unrestrained and powerful, and a few strokes instantly draw a blooming chrysanthemum, which adds some elegance to the plain glaze.