dish BM-PDF.69

Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:1279-1368
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 86 millimetres (Foot ring) Diameter: 164 millimetres (Rim) Height: 30 millimetres Weight: 0.25 kilograms

Description:
Guan stoneware dish with shallow, sloping sides and an everted, six-lobed rim. The dish has thick, opaque, yellowish-grey glaze with two layers of crackle, wider stained grey and narrower light brown. There are six round spur marks on the base, which is glazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song or Yuan 12th-14th century Room 95 label text:PDF 69Dish with crackled celadon glaze官(guan ‘official’) stonewares such as this dish are characterised by a thin, dark clay body and a luscious celadon glaze with tiny bubbles and a distinctive crackle. This example has a lovely double crackle and a typical foot ring. Yuan examples have a flatter rim than Song examples. The shape is thicker too.Stoneware with celadon glazeGuan ware 官窯Laohudong, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 杭州市, 老虎洞Yuan dynasty, about AD 1279–1368 PDF 69青釉開片盤薄深色胎，青釉釉質瑩潤且富含氣泡，器身裝飾開片，這是以此盤為代表的官窯器物的特徵。此盤飾“金絲鐵線”雙重開片，典型官窯圈足。元代官窯盤的口沿較宋代更加外撇，造型也更為厚重。炻器，青釉官窯浙江省杭州市老虎洞元， 1279-1368年