Canalblog
Editer l'article Suivre ce blog Administration + Créer mon blog
Publicité
Alain.R.Truong
Alain.R.Truong
Publicité
Visiteurs
Depuis la création 50 862 150
Archives
Newsletter
Alain.R.Truong
10 août 2012

Dish, incised and glazed stoneware, Yaozhou ware, China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)

2010EB1488_jpg_l

Dish, incised and glazed stoneware, Yaozhou ware, China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Diameter: 17.5 cm. CIRC.362-1967. Bequeathed by Mrs A. C. M. Brownjohn © V&A Images.

Dish with incised design of ducks among waves, Yaozhou ware. 

This dish is an example of the Yaozhou wares typical of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). While the wares produced at the Yaozhou kiln complex enjoyed popularity from the end of the Tang dynasty (618-906) through to the beginning of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), these dishes exhibit the olive green glaze and dense surface designs common to the Yaozhou wares of the Northern Song period.

Carving was an important method of surface decoration in Yaozhou ware. The dish on the far left would have begun with a smooth clay body, partially dried (or ‘leather hard’). Angled tools were used to carve out the stylised waves and duck in sloping grooves, and comb-like tools provided the linear accents visible in the waves. The celadon glaze was then applied to the dish, pooling in the crevices and laying thinly on raised areas. Through firing, the pooled areas grew darker in colour and the thinly glazed areas more transparent, creating the illusion of light and shadows in the surface design.

Bibliographic ReferencesKerr, Rose. Song Dynasty Ceramics. London: V&A Publications, 2004. p. 56, nos. 51 and 51a.

Publicité
Publicité
Commentaires
Publicité