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A guan ware vase with a slightly flared mouth, lug handles, and a swelling round belly produced in the Song Dynasty.
The surface is covered overall with an amber glaze with a network of bold crackles of dark red and black.
The front middle of the body is applied with four gemstones, each red, white, green, and blue, on the black ground. Among them is a script engraved in relief. The back is engraved with a four-character seal mark reading Zhenghe Ernian, surrounding a yellow gemstone inlaid. Zhenghe is the third reign name of Huizong of Song. The second year of the Zhenghe period was 1112.
The base is engraved with the inscription saying that the vase was supervised by Kaifeng Prefecture and dedicated to Huizong, implying that the present work was one of the grave goods buried in Huizong's tomb.
Guan Kiln is one of the Five Great Kilns of the Song Dynasty. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, during the Zhenghe and Xuanhe years (1111-1125), a kiln called the "Northern Song Dynasty imperial kiln" was founded to fire celadon.
One of the characteristics of Song Dynasty ceramics is elliptical spur marks on the base. After glazing a ceramic, it is fired on its foot on a support with prongs, leaving oval spur marks.
It is commonly known as "sesame marks."