Other
Famous Kilns |
Xing
kiln |
Changsha
kiln |
Deqing
kiln |
Yue
kiln |
Wuzhou
kiln |
Jianyang
kiln |
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Xing
kiln: Xing
kiln, the most famous White porcelain kiln in Tang Dynasty,
located in Qi village, Lincheng county of Hebei province.
The roughcast of such porcelain was hard and delicate. Its
unpainted clay idol was white and fine. Such products are
always in simple style without any pattern. They have thick
ring roof and flat bottom some of which were cut a bevel in
the periphery. The porcelain of Xing kiln were created in
early Tang Dynasty, flourished in middle Tang Dynasty and
universally accepted during Kaiyuan and Zhenyuan period. In
Late Tang Dynasty, it declined because of the appearance of
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Changsha
kiln: It located in Tongguan town, Changsha city of Hunan
province. It appeared in mid Tang dynasty, flourished in late
Tang and ended in Five Dynasties. It was an important celadon
kiln in south China at that time. The most remarkable achievement
of Changsha kiln is the decoration including molded appliqu¨¦,
calico-printing, moulded calico-printing, incised decoration
and paste-on-paste. Moreover, underglaze was initially painted
in Changsha kiln. The products of Changsha kiln were sold
to some Asian countries, such as Korea, Japan, Iran and so
on. Especially in late Tang Dynasty, its products became the
main exports in China. Top
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Deqing
kiln: It
located in southeast of Deqing county, Zhejiang province.
It was a kiln where black porcelain and celadon were both
fired. It was one of the birthplaces of black porcelain which
was first discovered in Zhejiang province. Its history added
up to almost 100 years, which was from East Jin to early South
Dynasty. What is more, they are widely sold and had a great
impact. Top
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Yue
kiln: Yue
kiln refers to the early porcelain kiln of Shaoxing and Shangyu
and Yuezhou of Tang and Song Dynasty. The history of such
porcelain lasted more than 1000 years, from East Han to Song
Dynasty and its scale kept on expanding. The skill in producing
porcelain was improved continuously and it has experienced
several stages such as creation, development, flourish and
declination. In Tang dynasty, Yue kiln developed rapidly and
the celadon of Yue kiln represented the highest level of celadon
at that time. What is more, a new kind of product---secret
color, which was created in Tang Dynasty, was regarded as
tribute. The products of Yue kiln were sold well home and
abroad. The inheritances of Yue kiln were found in India,
Iran, Egypt and Japan etc.
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Wuzhou
kiln:
Wuzhou kiln, the famous ancient kiln, located in Jinhua district,
the center of Zhejiang province. It developed constantly right
after its foundation in Shanguo and its kilns distributed
throughout Jinhua district in Tang and Song Dynasty. The products
of Wuzhou kiln mostly belonged to daily-used porcelain. It
was always in practical and generous style. But it was plain
and short of change. The decoration of the porcelain was all
of carved pattern. Top
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Jianyang
kiln: It
was an ancient kiln famous for its black porcelain. It located
in Jianyang county, Fujian province. Celadon was firstly fired
in Jianyang kiln in Tang Dynasty. The most famous product
was black glazed porcelain, which was usually called "Rabbit-fur"
but called "Sky-eye" by Japanese. Moreover, there
were some other kinds of black glaze such as partridge mottles,
oil-spot glaze and tortoise-shell spot etc.Top
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