東晉青釉 Greenish Celadon Eastern Jin Dynasty A.D. 317 – A.D. 420

A private collection contains twenty-one pieces of historical, artistic, functional and valuable set of greenish celadon including four pieces of cock head wine ewers, five pieces of beast head wine vessels, four pieces of cock head oil ewers, five pieces of dog erigeron oil-lamp and three pieces of candle trays from Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Eastern Jin Dynasty was recorded in Chinese history being set up in A.D.317 and ended in A.D.420. The culture of the Eastern Jin was dominated by the upper classes who devoted their lives to academics and literature and was based on their social and economic foundation. Zhao Gai, Tao Yuanming and Wang Xizhi are famous artists in Eastern Jin Dynasty. The art of celadon would also travel to other countries in Asia over the centuries. During Eastern Jin, greenish celadon appeared to dominate the world of celadon for the next 700 years.

Zhao Gai born in the Western Jin Dynasty. He was a famous celadon craftsman in Eastern Jin Dynasty. He created a series of significant innovations on the crafts of greenish celadon, making celadon bodies, roasting and so on. He contributed a lot to the celadon industry of Jingdezhen. He was respected by the next generations who called him “Master of Making Celadon”.

The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, whose names form the title of the story. The legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In 1992, a celedon plate dated to the Song Dynasty fetched $1.54 million at an auction in New York. How about these ancient celedon collections from Eastern Jin Dynasty nowadays? Anyway, please don’t put your cigarette buds on this over 1500 years old greenish dog for and from Eastern Jin Dynasty A.D. 317 – A.D. 420 .

私人珍藏二十一件東晉青釉陶瓷包括四件雞首油壺、四件雞首酒壺、五件狗型油燈盞、五件獸首酒樽、三件燭台。

在中國歷史上，東晉建於公元317年至公元420年，東晉士族富裕掌權，在文學上有一定成就，各類詩詞歌賦都大盛於東晉，著名的藝術家，有趙概，陶淵明，王羲之等人。東晉青瓷藝術遊歷到其他亞洲國家幾個世紀, 稱霸陶瓷世界700年。趙概官至五品為人剛直不阿，疾惡如仇，為奸佞所不容，隱居傳授越窯青瓷技藝，並對景德鎮瓷胎釉配製，成型和焙燒等工藝進行了一系列重大改革，深受鎮民愛戴，後人尊為師主，以神事之，尊稱 『佑陶神』。中國四大民間傳說之一梁山伯與祝英台也是載於東晉，是中國傳說中的愛情悲劇。

21世紀今時今日, 請勿把香煙放在這超過1500多年的東晉青釉瓷狗油燈盞上。