L210xD130xH60mm, China
This is a celadon daffodil bowl, yes celadon is not limited to the pale jade green glaze, it also can be white, grey, blue or yellow. The cracks on the bowl are only on the glazing itself and has no impact to the bowl, this characteristic is known as crackle glaze. This effect for the randomness which mimic nature has been appreciated by the Chinese since the Sung dynasty. However, this texture started off as a defect in the firing process; the clay and the glaze having a different expansion ratio. This crackle style is known as “a hundred broken pieces”.
For more about daffodil, click on Blue Glazed Narcissus Bowl.
Mountain Folkcraft 