Tea powder glaze sacrificial ear statue

[Tea Dust Glaze Sacred Ear Zun]

Tea Dust Glaze Sacred Ear Zun, Qianlong, Qing Dynasty, height 51 cm, caliber 24 × 19 cm, foot diameter 26.7 × 21 cm
It is modeled after ancient bronze, with an elliptical mouth slightly curled, a wide neck, a drum belly, and rounded feet outwardly curled. Symmetrical sacrificial ears are placed on the neck. The inside and outside of the statue and the inside of the feet are coated with tea powder glaze. Full body decorative stripe pattern. On the outer sole, there are six characters and three lines in a yin engraved seal script “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.”
“Sacrifice” refers to ancient animals with pure fur and color used for sacrificial purposes in ancestral temples. The ears of this statue are modeled after the shape of “Sacrifice”. Tea powder glaze is one of the factory official glazes. Factory official glaze belongs to iron and magnesium crystal glaze. Due to certain differences in firing techniques, its color tone varies in various ways, some resembling the belly color of eel, commonly known as “eel yellow”, and some resembling the fine powder color of tea, commonly known as “tea powder.”. The glaze on this statue can be called tea powder glaze.