Chinese Ceramics

Big Idea: Traditions in Chinese Ceramics.

Objectives Students will learn and use terms

associated with ceramics. Students will learn how Chinese ceramics

have evolved over time.

Vocabulary for Chinese CeramicsMedia/Processes: Clay Ware Hand-building Pottery wheel Vessel Glaze Underglaze Porcelain

Chinese Dynasties: Early Ware Tang Dynasty Song Dynasty Yuan Dynasty Ming Dynasty Qing Dynasty Peoples Republic

Chinese Provinces

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Early Wares 6000 B.C. to 617 B.C. Earliest forms of

ceramics comes from the Jiangxi province.

Made from coiling and fired in bonfires.

Pottery wheel invented to help make more uniform vessels.

Modern Hand-building vs. Wheel Throwing

Han Dynasty 617 B.C. to 906 A.D. First form of Porcelain

(A high fired form of pottery made from Kaolin clay) found in the Zhejiang province.

Tang Dynasty 581 A.D. to 906 A.D. Wide range of ceramics

made. Known for 3 color ware

(sancai burial ware, usually horses and camels).

Known for Yue celadon ware (light blue).

Known for translucent (see through) porcelain in Northern China.

Tang Dynasty, Sanai horse.

Song and Yuan Dynasty 906 A.D. to 1279 A.D. City of Jingdezen

central place for Imperial ceramic production since Han Dynasty.

Only used crushed recycled pottery.

Jian tea wares made from iron rich clay.

Quingbai wares- greenish blue.

Ming Dynasty 1368 A.D. to 1644 A.D. Known for famous blu

e and white ware. Had painted designs

in the underglaze and a clear glaze.

Traded with mid-east countries like Turkey, inspired Iznik ware.

Ming Dynasty ware influences Turkish Iznik ware

Ming Dynasty Iznik

Qing Dynasty 1644 A.D. to 1912 A.D.

Jingdezhen became large production center for exporting porcelain ware to Europe.

Stronger ceramic mixture made vessels stronger.

5 color ware and more variety in subjects used (flowers, landscapes, dragons, etc).

During WWI ceramic production all but stopped b/c of political instability

People’s Republic Ware 1912 to present From the end of WWI

until present, kiln centers are reemerging to produce contemporary and traditional styles.