Tang Ceramics Changsha Kilns

Tang ceramics changsha kilns hardcover july 1 1990 by timothy see yiu lam author see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
Tang ceramics changsha kilns. Stephen whittington examples of ceramics from before and after the tang dynasty help put the changsha kilns into historic context. Also called tongguan kiln due to its discovery in today s wazhaping tongguan town changsha city in hunan province. Apr 16 2014 tang pottery tang dynasty changsha kiln yellow glaze pottery vine pot vases photo. Email whittisl wfu edu chinese ceramics from the changsha kilns reflections of tang dynasty openness and tolerance the tang dynasty 618 906 a d was a legendary period in chinese history.
Hardcover july 1 1990. The changsha potters were located a significant distance from the tang capital and other major chinese kilns giving them the artistic freedom to develop a unique style. Changsha kilns the book contains more than 500 hand drawn illustrations and 200 professional quality photographs created by the author and contains information about more than 1000 ceramic pieces in the lam and other. Changsha kiln also termed tongguan kiln was a famous southern china tang dynasty kiln.
These wares are distinctive from other chinese ceramics due to a green and brown pigment glaze and the free hand designs. The majority of the bowls is decorated in a wide range of freely painted motifs in colour. Radiocarbon dating of the ship s timber produced a relatively wide range date of 710 890 a d for the wreck. In 1990 lam wrote and published a 367 page reference book on the art and archaeology of family kilns tang ceramics.
Changsha wares are usually associated with the painted brown and green vessels covered by a straw colour transparent glaze. While changsha bowls were predominant in the ceramic cargo some 55 000 pieces there were also many other changsha ceramics in various forms some 2 500 pieces. An important kiln area situated in south china during tang dynasty. Changsha was active by the end of the tang dynasty 618 907 peaked from late tang to five dynasties and declined after five dynasties.
This staggering quantity of ceramics reflects the organisational and productive capacities of china s ceramic industry. Price new from used from hardcover please retry 860 48.