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Object Type
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Museum number
PDF.98
Description
Jun stoneware square test piece. The test-piece has translucent greenish-grey glaze.
Cultures/periods
Northern Song dynasty
Jin dynasty
Production date
1000-1234
(?)
Production place
Made in:
Yu Xian
Materials
stoneware
Ware
Jun Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Width:
30 millimetres
Depth:
30 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Date uncertain
Room 95 label text: PDF 98 Jun glaze test piece This 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 glaze Jun 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
Bibliographic references
Pierson 1999 / Illustrated catalogue of Ru, Guan, Jun, Guangdong and Yixing wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.50, no.98)
Yorke Hardy 1953 / Tung, Ju, Kuan, Chun, Kuang-tung & Glazed I-hsing Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.25, no.98)
Location
On display
(G95/dc13/sh6)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.98