Green-glazed pottery
Green-glazed pottery (Chinese: 緑釉陶器) was a type of colored pottery developed in China during the Eastern Han period (25-220 CE). The body of green-glazed pottery ceramics was made of clay, coated with a layer of glaze, and fired at a temperature of 800 degrees Celsius. Green-glazed pottery is a type of lead-glazed pottery (Chinese: 鉛釉陶器): lead oxide was the principal flux in the glaze, often mixed with quartz in the proportion of 3:1.[1] The polychrome effect was obtained by using as coloring agent copper (which turns green).[1]
Due to the low firing temperature, these objects are fragile and have high water absorption.[2]
Green-glazed pottery was to be followed by Sancai polychrome glazes from the 7th century during the Tang period.[1][2]
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External links
- A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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