Conical bowl with incised two fish design, Ding ware, Northern Song to Jin dynasties, 12th-13th centuries

Conical bowl with incised two fish design, Ding ware, Northern Song to Jin dynasties, 12th-13th centuries

• Image Number: K1B003025N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Northern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Bowl, wide mouth, shallow wall, flat bottom, short circle foot, with copper clasp. The whole vessel is covered with white glaze, and the mouth edge is unglazed for one week. There are two hidden string patterns along the inner mouth of the utensil, and the inner wall of the utensil is carved with fish, water waves and water grass patterns. Ding Kiln is located in Jianci Village and Yanshan Village, Quyang County, Hebei Province. It is the most famous white porcelain kiln in the north during the Song and Yuan Dynasties.