Bowl impressed with flowers of the four seasons in white glaze, Ding ware, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th centuries

Bowl impressed with flowers of the four seasons in white glaze, Ding ware, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th centuries

• Image Number: C1B002577N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Jin dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Food utensil
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Open mouth, curved deep wall bowl, round foot. The whole vessel is glazed, the glaze juice on the outer wall flows, and only the mouth edge is unglazed and inlaid with copper buttons. The inner part is printed as decoration, and the lower part of the mouth edge is decorated with curly grass patterns. The inner wall is vertically divided into six equal parts by thin lines, and decorated with four season flowers such as lotus, peony, rose, camellia, etc; The bottom of the heart is printed with a bunch of chrysanthemums. The impression is deep, but the craftsman used uneven force when making the tool, so some of the impressions are clear until the veins of the leaves are visible, and some of the impressions are vague. This kind of grid decoration can be seen in Linzi and Nong’an cellars at the end of the Jin Dynasty; It is also often seen in gold and silver wares of the Southern Song Dynasty.