Guan ware
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Guan ware or Kuan ware is one of the Five Famous Kilns of Song dynasty China, making high-status stonewares, whose surface decoration relied heavily on crackled glaze, randomly crazed by a network of
Guan ware celadon bowl with hibiscus-shaped rim, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). National Palace Museum
Small Guan bowl on legs (some 3 inches across), with pronounced type 3 glaze crackle
Mallet-shaped vase, Guan ware, 12th–13th century, with type 1 crackle
Bowl with type 2 crackle and lobed rim
Chinese ceramics
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Chinese ceramics are one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally. They range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bon
Guan ware
…on crackled glaze, randomly crazed by a network of crack lines in the glaze. Guan means "official" in Chinese and Guan ware was, most unusually for Chinese ceramics of the period, the result of an imperial initiative resulting from the loss of access to northern kilns such as those making Ru ware and Jun ware after…
Ru ware dish in the celebrated "sky blue" glaze, Northern Song dynasty (c. 1086–1106). National Palace Museum.
Pottery shard with incised symbols, Liangzhu culture (c. 3300–2300 BCE).
Diorama depicting traditional Chinese porcelain production process. Shanxi Museum.
A black pottery cooking cauldron from the Hemudu culture (c. 5000 – c. 3000 BC)