Ming or before the kiln and the secret color carved dragon bowl

• RMB 207000
• HKD 234163
• USD 31050
• EUR 22770

refer to: the metropolitan museum “five generations, the kiln dragon dish”

round mouth, deep arc abdomen, ring foot, the wall thickness is suitable, the perfect glazing, yellow in color green, glaze thinner, colour and lustre is typical of the kiln and the secret color, green and elegant. Outer wall light, wall carved dragon, outer contour with relatively coarse tool marks carved, the dragon body scales, gas and other details with a fine lines engraved, dragon, body is vigorous. The kiln and the secret color handed down much, inscribed with dragon pattern is even more rare, almost invisible in the market and the auction market, can be very little reference information, similar to that of currently known to have hidden in the metropolitan museum, is the most famous “five generations, the kiln dragon dish”, similar to the lots on the dragon depicting, and metropolitan plate heart for three dragon hovering, and this items only carved dragon grain, grain is relatively simple.
the secret color porcelain is a traditional Chinese porcelain making technology of the kiln celadon, yue state in ancient China ancient jun (now in zhejiang area) a special tribute court porcelain, hereinafter referred to as “porcelain”. The word “color” originated in tang dynasty poet Liu Guimeng poem “the secret color the hallows, did:” nine autumn dew of the kiln, feng attendants to. Good night sheng in hand, altogether Ji traces of releasing bucket cup “. Visible “secret color porcelain” originally refers to the tang dynasty, the kiln celadon in the boutique, “the secret color” shall refer to the color of the rare, was praise the beauty of the kiln porcelain glaze and evolved into the kiln glaze distinguished name (dn). The secret color porcelain fire depends on China clay, glaze color and temperature. Quite a part of the secret color porcelain glaze iron oxide reduction, glaze color is a more pure cyan is presented; On the other hand, the weak reducing atmosphere, glaze remained quite a part of the iron in the oxidation state, glaze color is shown as green in the yellow color.