Flat-rimmed mallet vase, Ding ware, Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12th century-China Archive

Image Number: K1B017728N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Northern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
The mouth is discoid, with a slightly convex rim, a straight long neck, a flat round abdomen, and a shallow circle of feet. The whole body is painted with white enamel, and part of it turns yellow. The bottom is engraved with Emperor Qianlong’s “Chanting Ding Kiln Bottle”: “It is made of pottery in North Dingzhou, white as grease jade without grinding. It is said that purple and black are used to distinguish between Xuanhe and Zhenghe. After not carving patterns and simple patterns, it is called” quality and anecdote “. Whether it is true that Zhou Yezi in Danquan, look at the ancient disciples to promote the testes”, an imperial poem. At the end of the poem, the chronicle of “Qianlong Guisi Imperial Inscription” (38th year of Qianlong: 1773) was signed, and two seals of “Bide” and “Langrun” were affixed. “Guisi” is the 38th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1773). According to the records in the “Work File” of that year, because the antique file contains: “A piece of paper hammering a bottle with a fixed magnetic plate (with a red sandalwood base, engraved with the title of Emperor Guisi of the reign of Emperor Qianlong)”, from which we can compare the contents of the file or refer to this one