西川茂
BOTTLE, Celadon with carved peony scroll design
| Designation | Important Cultural Property |
|---|---|
| Date1 | Northern Song dynasty |
| Date2 | 11th-12th century |
| Kiln | Yaozhou ware |
| Height(cm) | 16.8 |
| Diameter(cm) | 17.3 |
| Weight(g) | 1624 |
| Collection | The ATAKA Collection |
| Credit Line | The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (gift of SUMITOMO Group, the ATAKA Collection), photograph by NISHIKAWA Shigeru |
| Accession No. | 00666 |
| Description | Yaozhou kilns, situated in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province, produced large amount of high-quality celadon with an olive-green glaze. One of the features of the Yaozhou wares of this period is the use of katagiri-bori, the unique carving technique in which the outline of a motif is carved by holding the chisel at an angle, making one edge of the outline deeper to let the glaze pooled into it, producing a three-dimensional effect. This work bears a band of large peony scrolls on the shoulder through the body, lie between the two bands of distinct double-layered lotus petals on the top and bottom. The deeply carved motif pools thick layers of celadon glaze, achieving a beautiful effect of shading. This masterpiece is well known as one of the representatives of the Northern Song period. |
| URL for TIFF images | https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zMztBUNn64QWN9a1EuiGwqaw-qxu0F7P?usp=sharing |