Hibiscus-rimmed bowl with bluish-green glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th -13th century

Hibiscus-rimmed bowl with bluish-green glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th -13th century

• Image Number: K1B008821N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Food utensil
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The flower opening is divided into six petals, with a wide opening and a deep curved wall. There are six shallow grooves on the outside, and the inner bottom is slightly depressed, with a round bottom and a shallow circle of feet. Underburn, apply green glaze inside and outside, the glaze layer is thick and moist, the color is pink green, there are multiple layers of glaze traces under the mouth, and there are a few big brown patterns on the glaze surface. The glaze on the feet is uneven, and the dark gray body is exposed at the landing place. The shape is similar to the Alexander Bowl in the British Museum. Another six petal flowered bowl with the same size and shape as this one was hidden in the National Tokyo Museum and presented by Yokogawa Minfu. It is slightly larger, inlaid with copper mouth, and has thick glaze. The whole bowl has large and small pieces, and there is ice crack at the half glaze thickness under the wall of the bowl. This bowl has been found in the Wugui Mountain and Wansongling kiln sites in Hangzhou. Porcelain flower shaped objects, such as bottles, plates and bowls, are derived from gold and silver ware. They were very popular in the Tang Dynasty and inherited in the Song Dynasty, but bowls and plates