Zun vessel with linear decoration in bluish-green glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

Zun vessel with linear decoration in bluish-green glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

• Image Number: K1B014093N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Wine vessel
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The body is round and straight, with a lip inside the mouth edge, a deep wall, three animal hoofs and feet, and the sole of the foot is unglazed. The shape of this work is dignified and steady, the glaze is green and moist, the open patterns are stacked layer by layer, and the shape of the three legged statue with straight abdomen string patterns is inherited from Ru and Ding kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty. The outer sole of the body is wide and flat, with twelve nail marks around it. The nail marks are thick, and the gray black tire is exposed. The outer wall of the vessel is decorated with three layers of string patterns, three for each layer. The whole body is covered with powder green glaze, the glaze is thick and moist. The vertical flow of glaze juice makes the ridge of string pattern appear slightly dark brown, and the thin glaze along the edge of mouth appears slightly reddish brown. The glaze surface is covered with layers of open patterns of ice cracks. Similar specimen fragments were unearthed from the official kiln and the tiger cave in the suburb of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.