vase BM-PDF.99

Period:Southern Song dynasty Production date:1127-1279
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Height: 226 millimetres Width: 137 millimetres Depth: 136 millimetres

Description:
Guan stoneware vase of ancient bronze cong form with a square body, and short cylindrical neck and foot. The vase has thick, translucent grey-green glaze with a wide crackle stained grey and light brown in some areas.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song 12th-13thC Room 95 label text:PDF 99Jar in the form of a congIn the Song dynasty, educated men revived interest in antiques and excavated artefacts from the past. Scholars published manuals illustrating these historical jades and bronzes. Contemporary Song craftsmen reproduced their shapes in other materials in response to commissions from wealthy clients. The new users adapted the functions of the antique objects. Archaeologists have excavated archaistic cong 琮 made in a variety of materials in several Southern Song dynasty hoards. These include a bronze cong at the Pengzhou 彭州 hoard, and carved stone and celadon examples in the Jinyucun 金魚村 hoard of Suining county 遂寧縣, both in Sichuan province.Stoneware with celadon glazeGuan ware 官窯Hangzhou, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 杭州市Southern Song dynasty, AD1127–1279 PDF 99琮式瓶宋代，文人熱衷於古物和金石學，關於青銅與玉器的著作頗豐。這一時期的工匠們也將這些古物的造型應用於不同材質的器物上，以滿足當時富裕階層的需求。新的使用者改變了古物原有的功用。考古學家在一些南宋窖藏中都發掘出用不同材質製作的仿古琮式器，如在四川彭州窖藏出土的青銅琮式器，以及四川遂寧金魚村窖藏中發掘出的石刻以及青釉琮式器。炻器，青釉官窯浙江省杭州市南宋，1127-1279年