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Dish with impressed decoration of a water buffalo gazing at the moon in white glaze, Ding ware, Jin dynasty, 12th-13th centuries

• Image Number: K1B002500N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Jin dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: 盛裝器
• Material: 礦物/陶瓷/瓷
• Description:
  侈口淺壁，帶銅釦，平底臥足。器內近口沿處週印回紋一道，內壁週印卷雲紋一道，內底心印吳牛喘月圖紋，「吳牛喘月」典故原指江淮一帶的水牛怕熱，看見月亮以為是太陽，便喘息不停，後比喻見到曾受其害的類似事物而過分害怕驚懼；或不明實際狀況，單憑表面做出錯誤判斷；或形容天氣酷熱。本器牙白釉色略帶微黃。定窯位在河北省曲陽縣澗磁村、燕山村一帶，窯場廣佈，是宋金時期北方最盛的白瓷窯場。