Beijing Cultural Relics Essence Series: Ceramics Volume (Part 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, consists of porcelain from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The two volumes together include 99 ceramic pieces 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 featuring collections from the Capital Museum. It also includes high-value masterpieces from the Beijing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics, Beijing Art Museum, DabaoTai Han Tomb Museum, Beijing Liao-Jin City Wall Museum, China Great Wall Museum, and other institutions, all of which hold historical, artistic, and scientific significance. In addition to the exquisite unearthed ceramics in the Beijing region, this volume also selects a number of high-quality inherited pieces. Among them, 122 pieces are unearthed ceramics, and 71 pieces are inherited ceramics. 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, Tang, Five Dynasties, and Liao-Jin. 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, Five Dynasties, Liao, Jin, and Song dynasties, the kiln names are provided where possible, except for those that are currently difficult to determine.