SONG DY DING KILN WATER LILY BOTTLE VASE (03/06/2011)

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SONG DY DING KILN WATER LILY BOTTLE VASE

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Sold Date: 03/06/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

An exquisite Chinese Song Dynasty Porcelain Ding Kiln Water Lily Vase. Because the mouth of the vase is very much like a Lotus it is called a Water Lily vase. Because of the seal on the bottom of the bottle this vase is said to be a Ding Kiln.

Length: 18CM/7.09 Inches

Height 40.8CM/16.01 Inches

Condition Excellent, no chips or cracks

In order to pickup the detail on the vase some pictures will appear lighter than actual because a different light exposure had to be used to get the detail. The true color of the vase is the darker black.

In the Song Dynasty there were five famous porcelain kilns: Ru Kiln, Guan Kiln (Official Kiln), Jun Kiln, Ge Kilin and Ding Kiln.　

Production sites of Ding kilns were found in present day Quyang County, Hebei Province. Quyang County back in the Song Dynasty was within the Dingzhou region, hence the name Ding kilns. The history of the Ding kilns can be traced back based on unearthed specimens. There were white porcelains being made here as early as the Tang Dynasty; by the Five Dynasties Period, the porcelain business here was already booming. After the Northern Song Dynasty, Ding kilns were famous for its off-white glazes and other areas all strove to imitate Ding porcelain, which became the standard of white porcelain in China. Aside from white porcelain, the Ding kilns also produced black, crimson, and green glazed porcelain. Its technology and varieties in glaze colors were astonishing.

Early Ding porcelain was single colored with little or no decoration; by late-northern Song Dynasty however, there would be exquisite patterns on porcelain ware, which were engraved, etched or imprinted. The patterns were precisely laid out, with a clear sense of sections and layers; lines were clear and organized into loose and dense areas. Popular motifs included water waves, swimming fish, land animals, birds, flowers, and playful children. Peonies, lotuses, and pomegranates and so on were the most common floral motifs