Mallet-shaped vase in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century-China Archive

Mallet-shaped vase in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century

Image Number: K1B017902N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Pan mouth, long and thin neck, with sloping shoulders turning downward to connect with large abdomen. Due to its small size, the overall shape looks like a reduced version of the paper hammer bottle. The whole body is painted with blue porcelain glaze, the glaze color is pink green, and the glaze along the mouth is thin, showing a gray edge. The neck and abdomen are opened with light colored large stripes. Apply the glaze to the foot margin, and the foot margin is unglazed, revealing the burnt color. The bottom is engraved with Emperor Qianlong’s chant of “Official Kiln Bottle”: “In the Song Dynasty, the secret color was famous for four times, not as good as a piece of firewood kiln. Looking down at Yongxuanzi, it is expensive, so you can taste the freshest Changheng” imperial poem. At the end of the poem, the inscription “Qianlong Jiachen Xia Imperial Title” (the 49th year of Qianlong’s reign: 1784) was signed, and a seal of “ancient incense” was affixed. It was handed down with a wooden pedestal, which was engraved with the same imperial poems and chronicles on the surface as the bottom of the vessel, but with a seal of “Tai Pu”. Emperor Qianlong appreciated ancient ceramics and liked porcelain used in the court of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, under “Four Names of Secret Colors in the Song Dynasty”, he added “