Vase with tubular lug handles in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century-China Archive

Vase with tubular lug handles in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

Image Number: K1B014022N000000000PAG
Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Low mouth, high neck, drooping shoulders, long round belly, and high round feet. The neck and shoulder are decorated with string inscriptions, with three lines from top to bottom. A tubular ear is decorated on both sides of the neck, and a rectangular hole is opened on both sides of the foot wall, so that it can be connected with the through ear to form a threading and carrying function. It is fired by cushion firing method. The whole body outside the foot tip is covered with blue glaze. The glaze layer is uniform and looks like powder blue. The glaze surface is clear, and ice cracks appear locally. The edges of the mouth and foot are characterized by multi-layer glaze of the Southern Song Dynasty official kilns, and the foot ends are exposed with dark gray bodies. The bottom is engraved with the imperial poem of Emperor Qianlong’s “Chanting the Guan Er Vase in the Official Kiln”. The content is: “The glaze gas still stirs the fire, and the two sides pass through the ears and feet. The tether is just called the slave boy’s burden, and the flowers are picked for the poets. The Li Shi Xi Bao is worthy of Bo Zhong, and the Lu Jia Yue ware is not bad. If you don’t keep your mouth and ask questions, you can see how much you have read.”. At the end of the poem, “The Emperor Qianlong Guisi Ji Chun wrote” (38th year of Qianlong: 1773)