Washer with hibiscus-shaped rim in celadon glaze, Longquan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century

Washer with hibiscus-shaped rim in celadon glaze, Longquan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century

• Image Number: K1B005183N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Stationery and stationery
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Flower mouth wash, mouth edge is divided into six petals, deep wall, shallow circle foot. The carcass is thick, and the outer wall is decorated with two strings. The whole vessel is fired by cushion firing method, with green glaze applied inside and outside, the color is green, and the edges show light brown edges. The enamel is clear and transparent. Two kinds of brown and transparent patterns can be seen on the glaze. The foot tip is exposed, and ochre thin juice is applied. Nakamura Memorial Art Museum in Kanazawa, Japan also has similar collections. Another piece in the hospital collection is similar in shape. The celadon Kuikou wash (so porcelain 008709), which is made by using the glaze branch firing method, is all covered with blue glaze, and the glaze is gray green with a slight yellow color. There are brown stripes on the inner and outer surfaces. The bottom surface is arranged with seven round point shaped support nails, which reveal the possibility of Jingdezhen products in the 15th century because the white matrix is exposed at the glaze peeling place along the mouth and in the support marks.