Zun vassel with light bluish-green glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

Zun vassel with light bluish-green glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

• Image Number: K1B014021N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Wine vessels and drinking vessels
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Flare mouth, flat round abdomen, high foot shin turned outward to the foot margin, and the foot was circled; The neck, abdomen and tibia are respectively made and then combined, and the neck and tibia are decorated with a string pattern respectively; The outer wall of the utensil is pasted with four straight mud lines, from the mouth, through the abdomen, to the foot. The surface of the utensil is raised in three sections, like the ridge of a halberd bronze statue. The whole vessel is covered with pink and blue glaze. The glaze layer is thick and uniform, shiny and moist, with irregular large open pieces. The glaze on the abdomen and tibia of the vessel is thin and gray. There is no glaze on the foot margin, which is dark brown, and the wound is dark in color. The shape of the whole vessel is elegant, the clay line is soft due to thick glaze, and the ridge edge reflects the black color.