This piece reveals a vague peony design, with black glaze applied to a thin, pale clay body, and the technique of scraping off the black glaze to create the carved script-like pattern. This type of black glaze pottery flourished in China during the Song and Jin dynasties. It is believed that this specific piece was fired in a kiln in Dingzhou, and is related to the kilns of the Huanghe region.
薄茶色の陶胎に黒釉を掛けて、彫り文様と黒釉を搔き落とす手法でおおらかな牡丹文をあらわしています。宋から金、元時代にかけて、つやのある黒釉陶が隆盛しますが、本作品もそうした流れのなか、磁州窯に連なる華北の窯において焼かれたものと考えられます。
View the original at Japan Search →A weapons statute that contains the most important art registry in the country. Article 2 defines a sword by measurement: a blade of fifteen centimetres or more for a sword, spear or naginata, five and a half for a dagger. Article 14 then carves out an exception. The prefectural board of education registers old firearms of value as art or antiques, and swords of value as art, on the basis of an appraisal by registration examiners appointed for their scholarly knowledge.
The cool part. A Japanese sword is lawful to own because it has been certified as art. Not because it was disarmed, not because it was licensed as a weapon. The judgement is made by the board of education, and Article 14 then requires the board to notify the prefectural public safety commission of what it has decided. The culture side rules, and the police are informed afterwards. Fail the appraisal and the same object becomes contraband.
Verify at e-Gov 法令検索 →Use it A motif small enough to blind-deboss, which is where restraint actually shows.
Description source: museum curator text, translated — not generated