White dish with lobed rim and incised peony design, Ding ware, Northern Song to Jin dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1B003022N000000000PAE
Dynasty: Northern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Plate, six petal sunflower mouth, deep wall, folding bottom inward, short circle foot, with copper buckle. The whole vessel is painted with white glaze, which is white and moist. There are “tear marks” of accumulated glaze and several small points of shrunk glaze on the outer wall of the vessel. The inner part of the utensil is decorated with lotus patterns, and the outer wall is plain without lines. 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.