Yaozhou ware
Traditional 耀州窯青瓷
Yaozhou ware includes northern Chinese celadons associated with Huangbao in Tongchuan, Shaanxi. Carved and moulded decoration becomes darker where the green glaze pools in recesses. Bowls, stands and ewers belong to its repertoire; a vessel shape alone does not establish that it was used for tea.
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Body#
Grey stoneware body firing pale grey with a warm iron-brown foot ring, covered in a translucent olive-green celadon glaze that pools dark green in carved recesses.1
Glazes#
| Glaze | 中文 | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaozhou olive-green celadon glaze | 耀州窑橄榄青釉 | Coal-fired reduction celadon glaze with an olive-green tone that accentuates oblique knife-carved (犀利刀法) peony, lotus, and wave reliefs inside tea bowls. | 1 |
A Northern Song Yaozhou bowl measuring just 9.9 cm across has fish and waves impressed inside. The catalogue lists the bowl as handed down and reports finds of related moulds and sherds at Huangbao in Tongchuan. Its suggestion that the bowl was used with a stand is an interpretation.Cat. 26 · pp. 90–91
Another bowl in the same catalogue has pale swirls in its celadon glaze. The catalogue distinguishes this glaze effect from marbling made with clays of different colours.Cat. 28 · pp. 94
Periods#
- Tang / Five Dynasties – Jin / YuanProduced black-glazed, white-glazed, and three-colour wares in the Tang, sky-blue celadon in the Five Dynasties, and olive-green carved/moulded celadon tea wares in the Northern Song, paying tribute to the Song court during the Chongning and Daguan reigns.1
Kiln sites#
| Site | Region | Period | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huangbaozhen Yaozhou kiln site (黄堡镇耀州窑遗址), Tongchuan, Shaanxi | shaanxi | Tang to Yuan (peak in Five Dynasties and Northern Song) | 1 |
Sources#
- 冯先铭 等 撰文《中国陶瓷茶具》(1994)
- 广东省博物馆、香港市政局 主编《中国古代茶具展》(1986)
- 陈宗懋 主编《中国茶叶大辞典》(2000)
- 中國古代茶具展 · Ancient Chinese Tea Wares
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