No. 237 Maritime Archaeology in the People's Republic of China ...

Figure 117. Black bowls showing unglazed rim and foot (CHI/
BJ1/O/33).
Black bowl interior view showing that glaze has not
Figure 118.
adhered indicating the inferior quality of the ceramic
(CHI/BJ1/O/188).
Ce l a d o n d i S h e S: Ce l a d o n a
The shallow dish has a light grey body with light green glaze
(ying qing chi). The glaze is generally very thin. There is a
band of unglazed ceramic in the interior of each bowl where
they have been stacked for firing. Each has an unglazed foot
and base. The 1990 report concludes:
The pattern of the bowl is simple with a shallow belly. The whitegrey
paste is rough with a white celadon glaze. The glaze is so
light that some of the artefacts are nearly unglazed. The artefacts
were fired piled into the kiln, so the inner bottom of the bowl
had been scrapped off a circle of glaze called an obscure circle.
The outer bottom is unglazed, and the ring foot is low and the
outer circle of the foot had been scrapped by the potter. They are
divided into two patterns:
Type 1: plain rim, shallow inclined belly, low and curved ring
foot [Figure 31];
Type 2: the rim turns outwards and the shallow belly is a little
curved [Figure 32] (Yu Wei Chao et al., 1992).
Ce l a d o n b
These shards appear to be from an medium sized stoneware
bowl with qing chi glassy glaze (pale grey) with fine crazing.
A single ring line approximately 15 mm from the rim runs
around the inside of the bowl. Below this the lines of a semicircular
raked pattern or combing (Figure 33) are seen. The
Black Bowl Type 1
0 mm 50
Figure 119. Black bowl Type 1 (from Yu Wei Chao et al.,
1992:254).
Black Bowl Type 2
0 mm 50
Figure 120. Black bowl Type 2 (from Yu Wei Chao et al.,
1992:254).
Black Bowl Type 3
0 mm 50
Figure 121. Black bowl Type 3 (from Yu Wei Chao et al.,
1992:254).
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