Celadon Bowl Carved with the Design of “a Buffalo Panting at the Moon”

Yaozhou kiln is located in Huangbu, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province The drainage areas of the Yangtze River and the Huai River in south China were collectively called “Wu region”. Tortured by the summer heat, buffalos in Wu region mistook the moon for the sun and panted out of instinctive reaction. This traditional design is widely seen on Yaozhou wares dating to the Jin dynasty.