中國的綠釉陶瓷器出現較早，早在漢代就大量出現了綠釉陶器，它們基本都出土於墓葬中，而且有很多是生活用器或動物模式，如綠釉陶灶、綠釉陶井、綠釉陶樓、綠釉陶狗、綠釉陶雞等，可見當時的綠釉陶器主要是作為隨葬的明器。漢代的綠釉是一種低溫色釉，以氧化銅為著色劑，以鉛為助溶劑，在窯爐中以700℃左右的溫度熔融燒成。漢代是綠釉陶器最興盛的時期，三國兩晉南朝，綠釉雖仍有燒造，但產量和質量都有所下降。
北朝時期，釉陶器開始恢復，出現了在黃釉或白釉上添加綠釉的陶器，這也是後來唐三彩的雛形。唐代，三彩器大量出現，而綠釉正是其中的一種重要釉彩，唐三彩也是低溫釉陶，其中綠釉彩燒成的原料也是以氧化銅為著色劑，以鉛為助溶劑。眾所周知，鞏義窯是唐三彩燒造的重要窯場，鞏義窯唐三彩中就常見有這類鼓腹蓋罐的造型。
Green glazed pottery appeared earlier in China. As early as the Han Dynasty, a large number of green glazed pottery appeared. They were basically unearthed in tombs, and many of them were household utensils or animal models, such as green glazed pottery stoves, green glazed pottery wells, green glazed pottery buildings, green glazed pottery dogs, green glazed pottery chickens, etc. It can be seen that the green glazed pottery at that time was mainly used as funerary wares. The Han Dynasty green glaze is a low-temperature colored glaze, which uses copper oxide as colorant and lead as cosolvent and is melted and burned in a kiln at a temperature of about 700℃. The Han Dynasty was the most prosperous period for green glazed pottery. In the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern Dynasties, although green glaze was still made, its output and quality declined. During the Northern Dynasties, glazed pottery began to recover, with the appearance of pottery with green glaze added to yellow glaze or white glaze, which was also the embryonic form of the later Three Colors of Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there were a large number of tri-color ware, and green glaze was one of the important glaze colors. Tang tri-color ware was also low-temperature glazed pottery, in which copper oxide was used as colorant and lead as cosolvent. As is known to all, Gongyi kiln is an important kiln site for the firing of the Tang tri-colored glazed pottery. This kind of drum-bellied jar is commonly seen in the Tang tri-colored glazed pottery of Gongyi kiln.
與唐三彩燒造的同時，鞏義窯的綠釉陶器質量也頗高。2002—2003年，鞏義黃冶窯窯址發掘出土有綠釉器物，品種主要有碗、杯、罐、淨瓶等，屬低溫顏色釉，胎上均有白色化妝土，釉色純淨，大多素面無紋飾（參見《中國鞏義窯》2011年6月版，中國華僑出版社）。這件綠釉蓋罐從胎釉與器型上看，應該正是唐代鞏義窯產品。一般來說，低溫釉陶器，胎釉結合不好，容易出現脫釉現象，而鞏義窯綠釉器顯然較好地解決了這個問題，這件綠釉蓋罐釉面勻淨，並沒有出現脫釉的情況。這應該與胎釉之前施加一層細膩的化妝土，以及提高燒成溫度有很大關係。
唐代是中國陶瓷發展史上的一個重要階段，筆者認為唐代陶瓷器與宋代陶瓷器風格上有顯著的不同：其一，唐代陶瓷一般胎體厚重，而宋瓷多胎體輕薄；其二，唐代陶瓷器型豐滿，宋瓷則較為秀氣；其三，唐代陶瓷裝飾簡約，器物上不見纖細的刻劃花裝飾，雖見有一些貼花裝飾，但大多還是素面無紋飾的純色釉器物，如唐越窯青瓷、唐邢窯白瓷、唐壽州窯黃釉瓷。雖然綠釉在唐代較為少見，但這件鞏義窯綠釉蓋罐非常符合上述唐代陶瓷的三大風格特點：胎體厚重、器型飽滿、裝飾簡約，此器又很好地解決了脫釉問題，綠釉色澤的美感得以很好地彰顯，豔美中又不失樸質，向我們傳遞著來自大唐的氣韻。
At the same time as the tri-color pottery of Tang Dynasty was fired, the green glazed pottery of Gongyi kiln was of high quality. From 2002 to 2003, the kiln site of Huangye Kiln in Gongyi was excavated with green glaze artifacts, mainly including bowls, cups, jars and clear bottles. They belong to low-temperature colored glaze, with white makeup soil on the tires, pure glaze color and mostly plain surface without decoration (see "China Gongyi Kiln" June 2011 edition, China Overseas Chinese Publishing House). This green glaze lid jar should be the product of Gongyi kiln in Tang Dynasty from the point of view of embryo glaze and device type. Generally speaking, low-temperature glazed pottery is easy to lose glaze due to poor combination of glaze and embryo. The green glaze device of Gongyi kiln obviously solves this problem. The glaze of this green glaze lid jar is even and clean, and there is no loss of glaze. This should be closely related to the application of a fine layer of makeup soil before the glaze and the increase of firing temperature. Tang Dynasty is an important stage in the development history of Chinese ceramics. The author thinks that the styles of ceramics in Tang Dynasty are significantly different from those in Song Dynasty. First, the body of ceramics in Tang Dynasty is generally thick, while the body of ceramics in Song Dynasty is light and thin. Second, the Tang Dynasty porcelain is plump, while the Song Dynasty porcelain is more delicate. Third, the decoration of Tang Dynasty ceramics was simple, and there was no fine carved flower decoration on the implements. Although there were some applique decorations, most of them were pure color glazed implements with plain surface and no decoration, such as Tang Yue kiln celadon, Tang Xing kiln white porcelain and Tang Shouzhou kiln yellow glazed porcelain. Although green glaze is relatively rare in the Tang Dynasty, this Gongyi kiln green glaze lid jar is very consistent with the three major style characteristics of the above-mentioned Tang Dynasty ceramics: thick body, full vessel shape and simple decoration. The vessel also solves the problem of glaze removal well, and the aesthetic feeling of green glaze color is well displayed. The brilliant beauty and simplicity convey to us the charm from Datang.
此罐器型飽滿，綠釉潤澤，胎體細膩，唐代綠釉器並不多見，而此罐保存下來實為難得。這件綠釉蓋罐，敞口，短頸，溜肩，鼓腹，平底。罐的蓋面及罐身大部施釉，釉色翠綠，瑩潤光澤，近足處露胎，胎體上施有一層細膩的化妝土，實屬難得，具有較高的收藏價值。
This jar is full in shape, moist in green glaze, and delicate in matrix, which is rare in Tang Dynasty, and it is really rare for this jar to be preserved. This green glazed jar has an open mouth, a short neck, a slip shoulder, a bulging belly and a flat bottom. The top of the can and most of the can body are glazed. The glaze is emerald green and glossy. The tire is exposed near the foot. The carcass is coated with a fine layer of makeup soil, which is really rare and has high collection value.
