Period:Northern Song dynasty Production date:960-1127
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Diameter: 32 millimetres (base) Height: 42 millimetres
Description:
Jun stoneware model of flying figure in the form of a fairy (xian) or flying deity (apsaras) with hands together in front and legs floating behind, supported by conical base. The model has thin, opaque dark bluish grey glaze with fine crackle. The rim of the conical base is unglazed and the exposed body has turned reddish in the firing.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Jin dynasty 12th-13thC Room 95 label text:PDF A33Figure in the form of a flying immortalThe function of this small apsara or flying immortal is unclear. It may be a sculpture in its own right rather than a lid from a vessel. It is incredibly rare.Stoneware with green glazeJun ware鈞窯Yuxian, Henan province 河南省, 禹縣Northern Song dynasty, about AD 960–1127 PDF A33飛仙塑像此件小飛天或神仙塑像用途不明，相當罕見。它可能是一件雕塑本身，而非其他器物的器蓋。炻器，綠釉鈞窯河南省禹縣（今禹州市）北宋，約960-1127年
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Diameter: 32 millimetres (base) Height: 42 millimetres
Description:
Jun stoneware model of flying figure in the form of a fairy (xian) or flying deity (apsaras) with hands together in front and legs floating behind, supported by conical base. The model has thin, opaque dark bluish grey glaze with fine crackle. The rim of the conical base is unglazed and the exposed body has turned reddish in the firing.
IMG
Comments:Published PDF date : Jin dynasty 12th-13thC Room 95 label text:PDF A33Figure in the form of a flying immortalThe function of this small apsara or flying immortal is unclear. It may be a sculpture in its own right rather than a lid from a vessel. It is incredibly rare.Stoneware with green glazeJun ware鈞窯Yuxian, Henan province 河南省, 禹縣Northern Song dynasty, about AD 960–1127 PDF A33飛仙塑像此件小飛天或神仙塑像用途不明，相當罕見。它可能是一件雕塑本身，而非其他器物的器蓋。炻器，綠釉鈞窯河南省禹縣（今禹州市）北宋，約960-1127年
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