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Chinaware of Cizhou Kiln2012-12-24 15:19:00 From: http://cultural-china.com
Cizhou Kiln is a famous folk kiln in China. It represents the northern chinaware in China. Sites of the Cizhou Kiln were located in Handan city, Hebei province and Ci county, etc. The production of Cizhou chinaware began since Sui Dynasty. It became prosperous in Tang Dynasty and reached the peak in Song Dynasty in the tenth century. Chinaware of Cizhou kiln are very delicate, combining patterns and painting together. They had various themes, vivid images and precise structures. They focused on history and folk custom, using images such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, dragons, phoenixes, deer, horses, market view, old and young, poems, etc. Cizhou Pottery has colorful glazes, such as white, black, red and green, among which white-colored products are the most famous. In decoration, It uses the method of contradiction with black and white. Kiln Cizhou mostly uses the artistic pottery and daily porcelain. Cizhou Kiln is a great achievement of decorating skills for chinaware. In Song dynasty, Jin dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, it assembled more than 30 kinds of decorating skills such as "Carving in the white base", "Embroidery in the iron", "Pearl's ground", "Brown in the white base", "White carved flowers", "Carved flower on black glaze", etc. The kiln series of Cizhou Kiln have the products in both southern and northern areas by the Yellow River. During the period of the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the blue-and-white products of this kiln covered the most areas around the North China and South China. By far, Kiln Cizhou has become one of the biggest porcelain producing regions. Its products have the great value of appreciation, collection and using. Total:1 Page: 1
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