water-pot BM-PDF-A.218

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1600-1644
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, incised,

Dimensions:Height: 100 millimetres Width: 84 millimetres

Description:
Longquan ware porcelain water-pot in the shape of a wooden bucket with shaped handle linking two upright supports. The water-pot has a pale grey body and crackled grey-green glaze. There are vertical grooves incised on the exterior. The foot rim is unglazed.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming 17th century Room 95 label text:PDF A218Water pot modelled as a wooden bucketThis celadon water pot is made in Japanese taste into the form of a wooden water bucket.Chinese potters made ceramics in Japanese shapes which were popular for the tea ceremony. Stoneware, porcelain–type, with celadon glazeLongquan ware龍泉窯Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 龍泉地區Ming dynasty, about AD 1600–1644 PDF A218木桶形水丞青釉水丞作木水桶造型，符合日本審美。中國陶工製作的日本造型陶瓷器在茶道中頗為流行。炻器，屬廣義瓷器，青釉龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區（今龍泉市）明代，約1600-1644年