WANG Jianbao

(China Institute of Defence Science and Technology, Beijing 101601, China)

Abstract: From 2008 to 2010, I investigated 11 production sites for Cizhou wares, and obtained a basic knowledge of the fabricating, decorating and firing techniques for white glazed and black glazed Cizhou wares and Caocun artifacts. A comparison of the newly discovered greenish yellow glazed specimens from Caocun Kiln with the unearthed "ceramic whiteware", the "white glazed ware with an overglaze green motif" from Fancui Tomb and the unearthed wares of the same kind from Jiangwucheng Tomb show they probably came from the same production area and that Caocun Kiln may have been an official ceramic factory. It's found through the research, the unearthed greenish yellow glazed wares from Caocun Kiln and those two tombs should be classified as pottery; Cizhou wares experienced four historical stages: the Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song and Jin Dynasties, and Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there have been four representative production sites: Caocun, Linshui, Guantai, and Pengcheng.

Keywords: Cizhou ware, Caocun (Cao Village), production site, Fancui Tomb and Jiangwucheng Tomb, pottery, development stages