Dish with hibiscus-shaped rim in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

Dish with hibiscus-shaped rim in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

• Image Number: K1B017719N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Six petal sunflower mouth folding disc, shallow wall, shallow circle foot, slightly concave disc center, low circle foot, fired by cushion firing method, with green glaze applied inside and outside, the enamel is thick and moist, and looks like powder green. Double layer glaze mark can be seen under the mouth, and gray brown edge appears along the thin glaze. There are brown flakes on the inner and outer glaze, and ice cracks can be seen locally. There are six shallow grooves on the outer wall in line with the mouth of the sunflower, and the ring foot is decorated smoothly, with dark gray fetus partially exposed. Huakou Folding Waist Plate is one of the artifacts that appeared in the late Northern Song Dynasty. According to the current archaeological findings, similar specimens have been unearthed in several closely related kiln sites, such as Qingliang Temple and Zhanggong Lane in Baofeng County, Henan Province, Tiger Cave and Xiajiao Tan in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. From these specimens, it can be seen that Wuhuakou was more popular during the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, and Liuhuakou became a common artifact after the Song Dynasty. The porcelain kilns in the north and south successively fired the same shape; Reflect commonality