Longquan Furnace Bowl. China, Song dynasty (960 - 1279)

Longquan Furnace Bowl. China, Song dynasty (960 - 1279).
Stoneware bowl covered with celadon, inside a molded character Presents cracks.
Included is a stoneware pot covered with celadon craquelé glaze, 18th/19th century.
A 20th century black and beige porcelain flask is included.
Measurements: 16 cm (bowl diameter); 13 cm (pot height); 5 cm (jar height).

The Longquan celadons, made in the kilns of this region, are particularly well known at the international level today. They were made from the 10th to the 17th century, and from the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126) they began to be produced on a large scale, with large-capacity dragon kilns. For five hundred years Longquan celadons would be a fundamental part of China's economy, since they were exported to all of Southeast Asia. A grayish stoneware paste was used for these pieces, which oxidizes at the end of the firing cycle, taking on a reddish tone where it remains visible.