The cup is a new type of Longquan kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is also a more common type of black tire. However, most of the surviving artifacts are excavated, and the heirlooms with good quality are very rare.
The following example is even more isolated, and has never been seen elsewhere.
The Imperial Tomb Mountain Song Tomb unearthed Longquan kiln celadon handle cup
It is now in the collection of Huzhou Museum
Black tire, pink glaze, ice cracks, purple iron feet
The following are two cases of longquan kiln black tire handle cups collected by the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, which is also a typical Xikou kiln style.
Height 4, caliber 9.5 cm
Height 4.1, caliber 13.2 cm
In addition, the author also collected several specimens of the Longquan kiln black tire cup excavated from the Hangzhou urban life site, the shape is basically the same as that of Xikou, but the instrument is fuller, according to the characteristics of its tire glaze firing process, it should be produced by the large kiln.
Hangzhou construction site unearthed Longquan kiln black tire cup repairer
The picture below shows the Longquan kiln cup collected by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which is the same as the style of the large kiln. It can be seen from the vitrification effect of the glaze that the firing temperature is higher, so that the flow glaze is more serious, the mango mouth is obvious, the upper glaze is thin, and the glaze is accumulated at the end of the circle and the bottom. In addition, the mouth is slightly deformed.
Source: Ye Yingting, author Ye Guan