Censer with fish-shaped handles in celadon glaze, Yuan dynasty, 14th century

Censer with fish-shaped handles in celadon glaze, Yuan dynasty, 14th century

• Image Number: K1B017448N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Yuan dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Incense utensils/furnishings
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The shape is similar to the old porcelain 017447. It has a long mouth, a short neck, a flat and round abdomen, a slightly bulging inner bottom, a short circle foot, and a simplified fish ear on both sides of the neck. The whole vessel is installed and fired by the combination of support and cushion. The inside and outside of the vessel are painted with blue glaze, which is beige after burning. The glaze is interlaced with gray and brown patterns, and the surface of the vessel is covered. The feet are decorated smoothly, and ochre juice is applied at the landing site. There are four dotted branch burn marks on the inner bottom and six on the outer bottom, showing dark gray carcass in the branch marks. The fish shaped ear is often seen on porcelain and gold and silver wares since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Compared with the unearthed objects in Sichuan Province of the Southern Song Dynasty and the celadon double fish shaped ear vase in Longquan Kiln, we can see the transformation from more realistic to more simplified.