Feng-hua mallet vase with greenish-blue glaze, Ru ware, Northern Song dynasty, Late 11th

Image Number: K1B017856N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Northern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
This bottle has a straight long neck, an oblique broad shoulder, a folded belly with a full upper part and a flat bottom, and five small nail marks on the bottom; Only this type of bottle should have a flat folded and raised plate mouth above the long neck. The mouth of the device may be cut off due to injury and inlaid with copper rib buckle. The whole vessel is plump pink green glaze. The shape of this kind of paper mallet bottle with dish mouth and shoulder folding can also be seen in Arabic metalware and glassware of the same period.