Longquan kiln green glaze cong bottle

[Longquan Kiln Green Glazed Cong Bottle]

Longquan Kiln Green Glazed Cong Bottle, Song Dynasty, 25.2 cm high, 6.2 cm diameter, 6 cm foot diameter
The bottle is modeled after jade cong (c ó ng yin cong), with the same diameter at the bottom of the mouth, square and straight belly, and the four sides are decorated with raised horizontal and vertical lines. Circle your feet. The whole body is covered with blue glaze, the glaze color is bright and translucent, with fine fragments, and there is no glaze at the foot
The Cong style bottle originated from the Southern Song Dynasty, and the style of archaize prevailed in the Song Dynasty. This kind of bottle was modeled after the shape of the jade cong in the Zhou Dynasty and changed. Shiwan Kiln in the Ming Dynasty produced many such bottles, and Jingdezhen in the Qing Dynasty also fired them, but Longquan Kiln in the Song Dynasty was still the best.

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