Yù Hú Spring Bottle

Xu Yin is a highly respected artist from Longquan, China. He is famed for his celadon, being particularly proficient in the imitation of Southern Song glazes. His pieces preserve the traditional characteristics of Longquan celadon in a very sincere, humble and mature manner. Xu Yin has won numerous awards and high praise both home and abroad for his pieces, regarded by many as porcelain treasure.

This vase is a fine representation of the classic vessels shaped during the Song Dynasty.A style less popular during the preceding Tang Dynasty, the artists of the Song period were inspired by vessels used by Buddhist monks during the Tang Dynasty to carry holy purifying water. The Song artists borrowed and perfected this look, making it an archetypal example of classic Chinese ceramics.The vase has a flaring rim mouth, a sleek neck that is most narrow at its center and a drooping belly held up by a round foot. “Yù hú” simply i...

This vase is a fine representation of the classic vessels shaped during the Song Dynasty.
A style less popular during the preceding Tang Dynasty, the artists of the Song period were inspired by vessels used by Buddhist monks during the Tang Dynasty to carry holy purifying water. The Song artists borrowed and perfected this look, making it an archetypal example of classic Chinese ceramics.
The vase has a flaring rim mouth, a sleek neck that is most narrow at its center and a drooping belly held up by a round foot.

“Yù hú” simply implies that the vase could either be made of jade or be made to look like jade, but a deeper metaphor suggests it to be as noble and elegant as the moon.

Height: 34cm (13")

Width: 19cm (7")

Height: 34cm (13")

Width: 19cm (7")

Natural Longquan clay, glaze stone, throwing

Natural Longquan clay, glaze stone, throwing