Ding Kiln Purple Gold Glazed Sunflower Flap Plate

[Ding Kiln Purple Gold Glazed Sunflower Flap Plate]

Ding Kiln Purple Gold Glazed Sunflower Flap Plate, Song Dynasty, height 3.5 cm, caliber 17.9 cm, foot diameter 5.9 cm
The flap of the disc is in the shape of six-petal sunflower, the abdomen is gradually converging, and the corner is folded near the bottom, so it is called “folding disc”. The interior and exterior are coated with sauce colored glaze, the exterior wall is not completely coated with glaze, the foot wall is exposed, and there is glaze inside the ring foot
The shape of this plate is regular, which is a common shape in the northern region of the Song Dynasty. Its glaze color is even and clean, and the broken corner line is clear, which can be called the best of Ding kiln porcelain
Ding kiln mainly burns white glazed porcelain, while the quantity of sauce-glazed porcelain and black glazed porcelain is relatively small. The glaze of this dish is light and the glaze is yellow. This kind of brown glaze is also called “purple gold glaze”. As far as we know, in addition to the sauce glaze porcelain fired by Ding Kiln in Hebei, Cizhou Kiln in Hebei, Xiuwu Kiln in Henan, Lushan Kiln, Baofeng Kiln in Henan, Yaozhou Kiln in Shaanxi, Jiexiu Kiln in Shanxi, and Ankou Kiln in Gansu are also fired.