Dian brush washer with lotus-petal design in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

Dian brush washer with lotus-petal design in celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

• Image Number: K1B005186N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The lip comes out of the mouth, forming a narrow edge, a shallow wall, and a shallow circle of feet. The fetal bone is slightly thick, with lotus petal pattern printed on the peripheral wall model, and a broken branch lotus is decorated on the bottom center. It is fired by cushion firing method, and green glaze is applied inside and outside. The glaze is thick and looks like powder green. The glaze surface has brown patterns. The round foot is well decorated, and the foot tip shows a dark gray fetus. The word “Dian” is carved on the back of the bottom, and the word “Yuan” is written on the outer wall. According to the published unearthed data, similar specimens can also be seen in the tiger cave site. Emperor Qianlong tasted the old porcelain in the Qing Palace, and noticed that the character “Dian” was engraved on the bottom of the work, showing his appreciation in the imperial poem “Chanting the Porcelain Plate of the Official Kiln”. The content of the poem is: “The hall is the Song Family Hall (there is no name for the hall carved on the bottom of the plate). Tao Zhensheng has his own pottery. After reading Zeng Haitian’s words, Cheng has been far away from him. He picked up the cracks of the ice grain carefully, and became angry. He was not Chi Yingbi.”,