Detail View: National Palace English: Saucer with incised lotus design in whtie glaze

Work ID: 
M01A00047
Title: 
Saucer with incised lotus design in whtie glaze
Creation Date: 
Northern Song Dynasty
Start Year Date: 
A.D.960
End Year Date: 
A.D.1127
Dynasty: 
40 Northern Song (A.D. 960~1127)
Kiln: 
Ding ware
Creation Place: 
China
Measurements: 
Height: 5.8 cm; Diameter (mouth): 11.9 cm; Diameter (base): 10.2 cm
Material: 
Porcelain
Form: 
Tuo (saucer)
Type: 
Ceramics
Subject: 
Flowers and Plants
Repository: 
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description: 
Cup-holders are used to hold tea bowls. When Song people drank tea, they put tea powder in a bowl and then poured boiling water over it. Normally, the thin-walled bowls are too hot to be held, so they are conveniently put on a cup-holder, which is made of lacquer, wood, or metal. The borders of the ring and the saucer are decorated with simple, stylized grass, whereas the wall of the ring and the interior of the saucer are decorated with lotus pattern.
ImageV ID: 
M01A00047AS006
Rights: 
Lee & Lee Communications