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Further Study of the Process of Technological Evolution of Ancient Chinese Pottery and Porcelain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Li Jiazhi ,
Luo Hongjie  and
Gao Liming
Li Jiazhi
Affiliation:
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding Xi Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Luo Hongjie
Affiliation:
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Ding Xi Road, Shanghai 200050, China
Gao Liming
Affiliation:
Northwest Institute of Light Industry, Ceramics Engineering Department, Xiangyang, Shaanxi, P.R.C.
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Abstract

The chemical compositions and firing temperatures of seventy-four stamped pottery and proto-porcelain fragments which were excavated from Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Henan and Fujian were studied. Their chemical compositions, together with a database of more than 600 pottery and porcelain bodies and 100 protoporcelain and porcelain glazes previously investigated, were processed and evaluated by correspondence analysis. Their firing temperatures and those of more than 200 pottery and porcelain samples were compared as well. The results of this investigation yield a more objective and comprehensive view of the process of technological evolution of ancient Chinese pottery and porcelain than heretofore possible. The place of stamped pottery and proto-porcelain in the evolution process is better understood, and the differences between the patterns of continuity and change in the north and the south of China is further discussed in this paper.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 267: Symposium J – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III , 1992 , 571
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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