Cizhou kiln

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Porcelain headrest from the Cizhou kiln

Cizhou Kiln ( Chinese  磁州窑 , Pinyin cizhou ware , English Cizhou Kiln ) is the name given to the former place called Cizhou the prefecture-level city of Handan in the southern Chinese province of Hebei contained pottery kilns from the period since the Song Dynasty .

Famous works are the ceramic headrests from the Song, Jurdchen and Mongol periods, including the famous porcelain headrest with the decoration of a fishing boy from the Song dynasty and the vase with black floral decoration on a white background from the same period, where báidìhēihuā (白地 黑 花) is a technical term for a type of glaze that uses minerals such as iron and manganese as ingredients in the material to draw black floral patterns on the white porcelain body.

The site of the Cizhou Kiln has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (4–44) since 1996 .

literature

  • Guantai Cizhou yaozhi (The Cizhou Kiln Site in Guantai), Beijing 1997.

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Coordinates: 36 ° 24 ′ 41.4 "  N , 114 ° 9 ′ 38.2"  E