Four-knob Porcelain Pot

Excavated from the Eastern-Han Brick Tomb in Xiangxiang village, Ganquan town, Hanjiang district of Yangzhou city in 1980, this pot is worthy of the title as the representative of the early works of Yue Kiln with its decorous shape, lustrous thick glaze and evenly-distributed crack patterns. It has an upright rim with curved surface, a short neck, curved shoulders, a bulging belly and a bottom with a convex interior. A spine circles its shoulder area, below which there are four symmetrical knobs in the shaped of curly strips. The pale grey body is decorated with dense linen patterns and covered with greenish yellow glaze. Small cracks can be seen on the glazed surface, while traces of glaze flowing are visible in the lower part of the pot.