BAO Qifu ¹, YU Huan ², DONG Weixia ¹, XIAO Zhuohao ¹, XU Yinan ¹, CHENG Zhipeng ¹, ZHOU Jianʼer ¹, CHEN Meng ², CAI Yi ²

(1. Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, Jiangxi, China; 2. Jingdezhen University, Jingdezhen 333000, Jiangxi, China)

Abstract: It was mentioned in the "Zunsheng Bajian" (Ming Dynasty) that "The character and rate of the Guan Kiln are the same as those of the Ge Kiln". In recent years, with the continuous enrichment in archaeological materials from Hangzhou and Longquan, the Southern Song Guan Kiln and Longquan Ge Kiln have attracted attentions in the field of ancient ceramics, due to their special appearance characteristics. In order to better distinguish the celadons from the two places, energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer, X-ray diffractometer (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and so on were used to characterize the ceramic bodies of Southern Song Guan Kiln, Longquan Da Kiln and Xikou Wayaoyang from Hangzhou Jiaotanxia, Dayao and Xikou Wayaoyang from Longquan. Their differences and similarities were analyzed, in terms of chemical composition, processing technology, appearance characteristics, microstructure and physical properties. It was found that the content of Fe₂O₃ in the porcelain body from the Southern Song Guan Kiln was lower than that in the one from the Longquan Ge Kiln. However, due to the presence of a certain content of TiO₂ together with Fe₂O₃ in the porcelain body from the Southern Song Guan Kiln, the colors of the two porcelain bodies were nearly identical. In addition, as compared with the one from the Longquan Ge Kiln, the porcelain body from the Southern Song Guan Kiln was relatively loose, with high content of silicon and lower content of aluminum.

Key words: Southern Song Guan Kiln; Longquan Ge Kiln; contrastiveanalysis; microstructure; chemical composition