Small pot with money pattern of Yaozhou Kiln

Yaozhou Kiln was the most famous celadon kiln in northern China during Song Dynasty, and it can be called a leader. In the late Song Dynasty, celadon was the main type of porcelain, with thin and hard body, smooth and uniform glaze, greenish color, translucent appearance, and elegant style.
Yaozhou Kiln Green Glaze Carved Seawater Duck Pattern Bowl
The decorative techniques of the Song Dynasty mainly included carving, printing, scribing and moulding in combination with each other. Carving and printing were the main ones. In the middle of Northern Song Dynasty, carving developed maturely with sharp knife techniques and vigorous lines. The knife marks were slanted, which was the best technique in Song Dynasty carving.
Yaozhou Kiln Blue Glazed Bowl with Chrysanthemum Petal Pattern The printing in the late Northern Song Dynasty was also exquisite, with a rigorous and symmetrical layout. The patterns include intertwined lotus flowers, lotus leaves, peonies, intertwined chrysanthemums, waves, flying cranes, moths, rhinoceros cranes, ancient relics, swimming fish in the sea, ducks playing in a lotus pond, and infant play patterns. The dragon and phoenix pattern is exclusively used for court porcelain. The water ripple is generally carved with hexagonal edges, and three fish are often seen in the waves. The pattern of children playing mainly features swinging on the swings.
Yaozhou Kiln green glaze carved lotus flower pattern double-ear bottle The characteristics of pattern decoration in the Song Dynasty: early simple petal patterns carved on the surface; In the middle stage, the pattern is spread all over the surface; In the late stage, most of the lines are delicate. The foot ends of the Song Dynasty objects were unglazed, while the feet had glaze inside.