bowl BM-PDF.187

Period:Jin dynasty Production date:1115-1234
Materials:porcelain, copper,
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 234 millimetres Height: 74 millimetres

Description:
Ding porcelain bowl, with copper-bound mouth rim. Creamy white. There are ducks amongst lotus and waves on the interior, with a floral motif on waves in the centre.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 12thC Room 95 label text:PDF 187Bowl with mandarin ducksInside this bowl is incised with mandarin ducks amongst lotus and waves, with a floral motif on waves in the centre. Pairs of mandarin ducks are an emblem of marital bliss. Craftsmen used sheet copper and occasionally gold or silver, cut to size and heated to fit the rims to hide the unglazed mouth rim. Historical accounts suggest that dressing the rim with metal actually enhanced the status of the clay vessel. Stoneware with carved and incised decoration, transparent glaze and copper rim mountDing ware定窯Quyang county, Hebei province 河北省, 曲陽縣Jin dynasty, about AD 1115–1234 PDF 187白釉鴛鴦紋碗此碗內壁飾刻劃花鴛鴦紋，伴以蓮花及水波紋，底心飾水波花卉紋。成對鴛鴦是婚姻幸福美滿之象徵。工匠們以銅，偶爾也使用金或銀包鑲口沿來掩飾這一缺陷。史料記載表明，以金屬包鑲口沿事實上提高了黏土燒成品的地位。炻器，刻劃花，透明釉，鑲銅口 定窯河北省曲陽縣金代， 1115-1234年