funerary urn BM-PDF.258

Period:Northern Song dynasty Production date:1080
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed, incised,

Dimensions:Height: 383 millimetres

Description:
Longquan stoneware funerary urn of an ovoid form with two small lugs on the shoulders and a tubular neck expanding to a dished mouth. The lid is shaped as a lotus leaf. The urn has uneven greyish green glaze. There are incised vertical lines dividing the vase into six panels. There is an inscription on the body.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Northern Song, 1080 AD Room 95 label text:PDF 258Funerary jar and cover with inscriptionFunerary jars of this type have been excavated at the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province. They continue the tradition of Yue wares. This example may have been made at Jincun which fired Yue-type wares in the Five Dynasties to Northern Song Period. The inscription has been translated ‘With the prayer that this vessel will hold fragrant wine for hundreds and thousands of years; That I may have a thousand sons and ten thousand grandsons; That they may be wealthy and live long lives; That they may enjoy good fortune and happiness; On the fifteenth day of the nineth month of leap year in the third year of the Yuanfeng period. I have fired this vessel, signed by Liang Yingcheng’.Stoneware with incised inscription, carved and applied decoration and pale-green glazeLongquan ware 龍泉窯Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 龍泉地區Northern Song dynasty, dated equivalent to AD 1080 PDF 258青釉刻銘蓋罐浙江省龍泉窯址曾出土過類似器形的明器蓋罐，是越窯器物傳統的延續。此器可能燒造於龍泉的金村窯，該窯五代至北宋時期燒造越窯類器物。器身刻銘文為：“元豐三年閏九月十五圓日，願燒上色糧罌，承貯千萬年香酒，歸去，伯（百）年歸後，蔭翳千子萬孫，永招富貴，長命大吉，受福無量，天下太平”。炻器，刻銘，刻花，貼花，淺青釉龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區北宋，紀年為1080年