Chrysanthemum-shaped dish with celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

Chrysanthemum-shaped dish with celadon glaze, Guan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th-13th century

• Image Number: C1B005539N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Southern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  Moulded, flower mouth, curved shallow wall, 31 chrysanthemum ribs molded outside, flat bottom, shallow circle foot. The full glaze is fired by the branch firing method. The whole body is covered with blue glaze. The glaze color is pink green. There is glaze under the mouth, and there are multiple layers of glaze traces. The thin glaze of the mouth and foot shows light brown edges. The inside and outside are covered with brown flakes, and ice cracks are intermingled locally. Eight supporting nails are arranged along the edge of the bottom surface, and there are use friction marks at the foot end, with gray tire exposed locally. From the multicurve silver plate unearthed from the cellar in Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province, it can be inferred that the shape of this tool is similar to gold and silver ware. Taking a comprehensive view of the Huakou washing of the official kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty, although there were individual changes in the shaping style, most of them had the style of metal ware. It can be concluded that the foot diameter was generally between 9-13 cm, and there were two groups of seven or eight nails arranged along the edge of the bottom.