dish BM-PDF.115

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

Dimensions:Diameter: 178 millimetres Height: 44 millimetres

Description:
Ding porcelain dish, with copper-bound mouth rim. Creamy white. There is a moulded lion-dog with ball and floral scrolls in the centre, bordered by a band of key-fret. A band of dragons among clouds with a band of key-fret is moulded on the interior rim.
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Comments:Published PDF date : 12th-13thC Room 95 label text:PDF 115Dish with lion dogs and dragonsThis dish is beautifully moulded with a design of lion dogs chasing beribboned balls and with dragons in the cavetto. 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Jin dynasty, about AD 1115–1234 PDF 115 白釉獅子滾繡球紋盤此盤內部飾印花獅子滾繡球紋，開光內飾龍紋，紋飾精美。工匠們以銅，偶爾也使用金或銀包鑲口沿來掩飾“芒口”的缺陷。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金代，1115-1234年