Mallet-shaped Vase in Celadon Glaze, Longquan ware, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)-China Archive

Image Number: K1B008476N000000000PAE
Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
Since the second half of the 16th century, the scholar collection circle has gradually set off a trend of playing soy sauce and tasting utensils. While arranging flower art, special attention should be paid to the classification and use of flower materials and utensils, which must be appropriate and timely. Taking this product as an example, the Qianlong imperial poem “Paper Letting Down to Pass on Officials” at the bottom of the vessel shows that this vessel shape is commonly known as “paper hammer vase”, which can fully echo the “usable vase” in Zhang Qiande’s “Vase Flora” (1595).