1981
Ink and color on paper
29 x 42 cm

Signed XUESHI in Chinese
With two seals of the artist

The Yue kiln complex was the most famous producer of celadons during the Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties Period and early Northern Song Dynasty. Since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Yue ware has gradually improved in quality, gaining itself a good reputation of being similar to ice and jade as well as ‘thousand peaks in emerald color’. As Yue kilns thrive in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties Period, vessels mimicking the shapes of gold and silver ware mushroomed. This dish is the most representative work of Yue kilns which has five bracket-lobes decorated with stem patterns in between, highlighting the feature of a foliate rim.