dish BM-PDF.171

Period:Northern Song dynasty Production date:13thC
Materials:porcelain, copper,
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 287 millimetres Height: 48 millimetres

Description:
Ding porcelain dish, with fluted, copper-bound mouth rim. Creamy white. There is a willow tree with two phoenixes, lotus and a duck on the interior. There is an inscription in centre of the interior and on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Northern Song 11thC-12thC Room 95 label text:PDF 171Dish with phoenixesReusable ceramic moulds sped up production at the Ding kilns encouraging economies of scale. This dish has a moulded design of phoenixes and willow trees. In the centre the surname Zhao 趙 has been incised into the glaze as a mark of ownership. The base is also incised with an inscription which reads天水郡 (Tianshuijun). Craftsmen used sheet copper and occasionally gold or silver, cut to size and heated to fit the rims to hide this flaw. Historical accounts suggest that dressing the rim with metal actually enhanced the status of the clay vessel.Stoneware with moulded decoration, transparent glaze and copper rim mountDing ware 定窯Quyang county, Hebei province 河北省，曲陽縣Northern Song or Jin dynasty, about AD 1050–1234 PDF 171白釉鳳紋盤可重複利用的陶模加速了定窯瓷器的生產，擴大了其生產規模。此盤裝飾印花柳樹及鳳紋。器心刻“趙”字銘文穿透瓷釉，應為擁有者標記。外底另刻“天水郡”三字銘文。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，印花，透明釉，鑲銅口定窯河北省曲陽縣北宋或金代，約1050-1234年