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Square vessel with incised decoration, applied mask and dragon-shaped handles, Ding ware, Northern Song to Jin dynasty, 12th-13th centuries

• Image Number: K1B017774N000000000PAH
• Dynasty: Northern Song dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: 盛裝器
• Material: 礦物/陶瓷/
• Description:
  造形源於青銅方壺，長方口型，長頸，肩部以下方稜不明顯，腹部略呈方梨形，矮圈足，足底無釉。四方頸部以手工修整，略不平整；兩側加飾模印龍形的半環耳，下方肩部正反面各貼飾一模印的鋪首銜環。外壁滿佈以劃花技法裝飾，上方口緣開始有回紋一周，頸部則是用獸面開光與一周幾何圖紋，腹部為荷花與荷葉，花葉飽滿，線條雄強生動，篦劃刻線流暢婉約。下腹底邊靠近足處為雙層長葉蓮瓣紋。全器體積碩大，施釉均勻光潤，是罕見佳作。