Date: Shang (16^th-11^th century BCE)
Dimensions: Height 18 cm, Diameter of mouth 19.65 cm, Diameter of bottom 9.9 cm
Weight: 1,060 g
Material: Porcelain

• Object Type：
  • CERAMICS
• Location：
  • Ancient Chinese Ceramics Gallery
• Tag：
  • celadon zun wine vessel string shang porcelain

Proto-porcelain is a kind of very early celadon porcelain, popular in the Shang dynasty and the Warring States Period. It is molded with clay with an iron content of about 2%, and then fired in 1200 ℃ high temperature after manual glazing. This Zun looks noble and stylish in both shape and glaze and shares the same style with the pottery unearthed from the tombs of Yin Ruins Culture, Shang dynasty. It should be the drinking vessel used by the Shang royal family and a typical proto-porcelain of the Shang dynasty.