Dingyao white glaze engraved with “Shangshi Bureau” inscription printed with Capricorn flower pattern plate

[Ding Kiln White Glaze Engraving “Shang Shi Ju” Inscripted Capricorn Flower Pattern Plate]

Ding Kiln White Glaze Engraving “Shang Shi Ju” Inscripted Capricorn Flower Pattern Plate, gold, height 4.2 cm, caliber 23.2 cm, foot diameter 8.7 cm
Openness, arc wall, circle foot. The inside and outside are painted with white glaze, the mouth edge is unglazed, and inlaid with copper buckle. The plate is decorated with printing, with Capricorn pattern on the inner bottom, peony and lotus pattern on the outer side, and cloud head pattern on the lower edge of the mouth. The three characters “Shang Shi Ju” in the vertical script on the outer bottom are carved on Ding Kiln porcelain before firing.
The printing pattern on Ding Kiln porcelain was influenced by Dingzhou Kesi pattern, and the printing technology reached its peak in the Jin Dynasty. “Shangshi Bureau” is an institution that has served the imperial meals since the Northern Dynasty. It was not set up in the early Song Dynasty, but added in the second year of Chongning (1103) in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is in charge of the imperial meals, which was still used in the Jin Dynasty. There are white glaze printed Yunlong plate specimens with the three characters of “Shang Shi Ju” on the outer bottom unearthed at Dingyao Site, Jianci Village, Quyang, Hebei Province. Most of the plates with the “Shang Shi Ju” style are larger porcelain plates
This plate has complex printing patterns and strict composition, which represents the level of white porcelain printing in Ding Kiln


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