AH 0102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ding Ware, Jun Ware, Ru Ware

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Notes for day 15: March 27, 2018
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Present lecture produced by students on different types of ceramic wares produced in 11th
century China during the Song dynasty
Ceramic ware presentation:
Ding Ware:
o Style of Chinese Ceramics
o Started appearing around Tang Dynasty (618--907)
o Popularity grew: Song Dynasty (960--1279) and Jin Dynasty (1115--1234)
o Treasured by emperors and other elites, Ding Ware was produced in large
quantities for both personal and official use.
o Commonly shaped as a flat bowl.
o Rim appears metallic/rough
o Plain in style: symmetry, perfection
o Incised decor patterns: Phoenix, Lily, Peony
o Types: Bai Ding (White), Fen Ding (Flour), Tu Ding (Earthen)
o Decorated with incised, molded, impressed, or carved designs before final glazing
o Majority of pieces are fired upside down creates a rougher edge, usually banded
with metal
o Northern wares are creamy-white with the warm tones that come from an oxygen-
rich kiln atmosphere. The cooler tones from the reduction-firing wood-burning
southern kilns gave a bluish-white glaze known as ‘qingbai’.
Jun Ware:
o Form: bowls, plates, vases, pots; mainly stoneware; thick texture
o Glaze: dried unfired glaze with copper rich pigment (and high iron-oxide content)
to create purple in-glaze splash effect when high fired; the glaze also contains a
high ratio of silica to alumina, so when the stoneware is fired at high
temperatures, the glass melts and gives the piece a glossy and glass like
appearance, almost like porcelain
o Use: flower pots and vases, NOT used for eating
o Patrons: during the Northern Song Dynasty, this type of ware was not used by the
imperial class, rather it was used by regular merchants and middle class
individuals; they were very popular among rural individuals due to their fine
potting; however, during the Ming and Qing dynasty, junware was valued and
collected by emperors and the royal court (as seen above in the dragon painted
vase), many court paintings from the Qing dynasty depicted Jun Ware vases;
Chinese potters continue to make Jun ware
o Technique: potters chose to make the ceramic body very symmetric; each piece
contains high amounts of precision and superb materials used (reveal elevated
status even though they were not originally intended for use by the imperial
class); splashed paint shown by the dry glaze is given such an effect when the
stoneware is high fired
Ru ware:
o Rare type of Chinese pottery during the Southern Song Dynasty. (brief period
1100)
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