Beijing Cultural Relics Essence Series (Ceramics Volume 1)

Author: Editorial Committee of "The Essence of Beijing Cultural Relics," Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics
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Features: "The Essence of Beijing Cultural Relics" - Volume on Ceramics, divided into two parts. The first part covers ceramics before the Yuan Dynasty, while the second part, except for one Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white dragon and phoenix pattern incense burner, includes porcelain from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The two volumes together feature 99 ceramic artifacts and 364 porcelain pieces. This volume is the first part of "The Essence of Beijing Cultural Relics" - Volume on Ceramics, selecting ceramics before the Yuan Dynasty, primarily from the collections of the Capital Museum. It also includes high-value artifacts with historical, artistic, and scientific significance from institutions such as the Beijing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics, Beijing Art Museum, DabaoTai Han Tomb Museum, Beijing Liao-Jin City Wall Museum, and the Great Wall Museum of China. In addition to the exquisite unearthed artifacts from the Beijing region over the years, this volume also selects a number of high-quality inherited pieces. Among them, 122 ceramic artifacts were unearthed, and 71 were inherited. The ceramics selected in this volume are arranged in chronological order into five parts: Neolithic Age, Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties; Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties; Sui and Tang Dynasties; Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms; and Liao and Jin Dynasties. Each part is further divided into two categories: ceramics and porcelain, which are then arranged in chronological order. For the porcelain selected from the Sui, Tang, Liao, Song, and Jin dynasties, except for those whose kiln origins are currently uncertain, most are preceded by the name of the kiln in the description.