A green-glazed tripod water pot – Tang Dynasty
It has a flared rim, short neck, broad shoulders, bulging belly and a flat bottom. There are three legs attached to the lower belly. There are firing marks on the base. The pot is relatively high fired, and the outside body is covered in a green glaze, whereas the inside is only partly glazed.
This pot was most probably produced in the Zezhou kilns, Shanxi. Similar pots were also fired in the Xing kilns, but those usually have a whiter appearance. In the Tang dynasty, Zezhou Kilns were highly influenced by the neighboring Xing Kilns due to the administrative unity between them. Sherds excavated from the kiln sites show jade-like quality glazes reaching firing temperatures exceeding 1300°C.
Period: Tang dynasty (618-907)
Size: Diameter 7.3 cm, height 4.6 cm
Condition: Good condition, wear and firing flaws, some glaze loss to the rim and the outer body, no cracks or repairs found under UV-light.
Provenance: From a Swedish private collection
SKU: 247
References: Similar pots were also fired in the nearby Xing kilns and there is a similar pot, with its lid, in the collection of Cultural relics management office of Xingtai City, Hebei Province. It is illustrated in Series of China’s Ancient Porcelain Kiln Site – Xing Kiln of China, Chinese Overseas Chinese Publishing House, Bejing, 2012, plate 192. This pot also has spurmarks on the base.
