Royal kiln  Royal kiln was one of the five famous kilns in Song Dynasty, including the Northern Song royal kiln and the Southern Song kiln and the site of the latter one was in Hangzhou. Most of its products were bowls which generally had no decoration but had cracks. Moreover, there were some products with thin body and thick glaze.    Top

Royal kiln,  Vase

Ding kiln  Ding kiln, originating in the late Tang Dynasty while ended in Yuan Dynasty, was one of the five famous kilns in Song Dynasty. The main products were white porcelain combined with green glaze, black glaze and brown glaze. Ding kiln was famous for its beautifully decorative patterns. The plain, stamped vessels of Ding kiln were always considered as rarity of ceramic arts.     Top

Ding kiln, Pot

  Ru kiln  Ru kiln was one of the five famous kilns in Song Dynasty whose site was in Linru county, Henan province. But till now, the exact location has not been found yet. The products fired in Ru kiln were mainly for royal use. Since the existing period of Ru kiln was only twenty years, it has the least handed down porcelains of all the famous kilns in Song Dynasty.    Top

Ru kiln, Zun

Jun kiln Jun kiln was one of the five famous kilns in Song Dynasty whose site was in Yu county, Henan province. It was created in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Jun kiln belongs to north celadon system the feature of which was the usage of flambé glaze. Its glaze color was reddish celadon. Another feature was its in glazed curves. What is more, some royal utensils such as basin, tray and Zun all carved with numbers from 1 to 10 at the bottom. Top

Jun kiln, Tray

      Ge kiln Ge kiln was one of the five famous kilns in Song Dynasty. It was famous for its patterns most of which were black. According to the color, they can be divided into eel blood pattern, blackish blue pattern, fawn pattern, while basing on the shape, they are classified as net pattern, plum blossom pattern, fine pattern and so on. The cracks were flat, tight and appeared a little bit blue. Although there were a lot of handed down porcelains fired in Ge kiln, its sites have not been found yet, which became an unsettled question in the history of Chinese ceramics.    Top

Ge kiln, Vase