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The stand is dark brown glazed, leaving the base uncovered. The exterior of the bottle and the inner walls of the neck are in a pale gray green glaze. Overall the glazing evidently bears large gray iron-colored and small brownish golden crackles, namely 'jin si tie xian' (gold thread and iron wire), which is unique to the Ge ware. A large area of surplus pale greenish blue glaze can be seen on the integrated stand. The four-sided body of this bottle is decorated with two adjoined groups of raised decorations within double raised panels. One group represents a monster head biting a two-tasseled ring in high relief. The other group illustrates a band of embossed hui wen (key fret patterns) which is only carved halfway. In terms of the thick and coarse body, large area of surplus glaze, and average quality, it is highly likely that this piece is a recent copy of Ge ware produced in the folk kilns. * The Ge kiln (elder brother's kiln) refers to a legendary Song kiln whose site is still unknown today. The color of the recognized extant Ge vessels varies from black, dark gray, light gray to earth-yellow. The dark body was known as 'iron bone'. Ge ware is coated in a thin layer of opacified gray-green glaze, with variations such as rice yellow and a paler version of gray-green or rice yellow. The crackles on Ge ware are of two types. One is known as jin si tie xian (gold thread and iron wire) which is a combination of large dark crackles and small yellow crackles. The other is a crackle of similar size. Most Ge vessels were fired on their own foot and only a few used spurs. Common vessel forms include bowls, saucer dishes, washes, vases, censers, dishes and jars. No mention has been made of Ge ware in Song literature nor have any examples been found in a Song tomb. The shape and technique used on many of these extant Ge ware bear characteristics of Yuan porcelain. Therefore, one point of view among scholars is that the period of Ge ware production could be extended from the Southern Song to the Yuan dynasty. The Yuan scholar Kong Qi first mentioned the terms ge ge dong yao (the kiln in the elder brother's cave) and ge ge yao (the elder brother's kiln) in his Zhi Zheng Zhi Ji (Plain Records of the Zhizheng Reign) of the Yuan dynasty. In the early Ming, author Cao Zhao also used the term 'ge ge yao' in his Ge Gu Yao Lun (The Essential Criteria of Antiquities) 1388. The first reference to ge yao (Ge kiln or ware) has been found in Xuande Ding Yi Pu (A Manual of Xuande Ritual Vessels) of 1428. At the end of Yuan, the difference between the old and new ge ge yao was noted. From the Xuande and Chenghua reigns of the Ming, Jingdezhen started making imitations of Ge wares, which continued into the Qing dynasty."},{"label":"Title","value":"Ge-type pale gray-green glazed square bottle"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. 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