sample BM-PDF.98

Period:Northern Song dynasty Production date:1000-1234 (?)
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Width: 30 millimetres Depth: 30 millimetres

Description:
Jun stoneware square test piece. The test-piece has translucent greenish-grey glaze.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Date uncertain Room 95 label text:PDF 98Jun glaze test pieceThis test piece was used by potters to assess ideal kiln temperatures and glaze recipes. Where the Jun glaze runs thin towards the edge, it becomes semi-transparent to olive green. Compared to contemporary Northern Song celadons such as Ru and Yaozhou wares, Jun wares have relatively coarse stoneware bodies. Jun wares are characterised by opalescent blue, purple or occasionally green glazes.Stoneware with opalescent blue glazeJun ware鈞窯Yuxian, Henan province 河南省, 禹縣Northern Song to Jin dynasty, about AD 1000–1234 PDF 98鈞釉火照陶工们用火照来测试窑温以及釉料配方是否理想。此钧窑火照的边缘处釉相对较薄，呈现半透明的橄榄绿色。鈞窯器物釉色以乳濁藍釉、紫釉甚至青釉為特色。炻器，乳濁藍釉鈞窯河南省禹縣（今禹州市）北宋至金，約1000-1234年