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Ru Kiln Porcelain

Type Object Region China Time c. 1086–1125

Ru kiln, top of the Northern Song's five great kilns, at Qingliangsi, Baofeng, Henan, famed for sky-blue glaze and sesame-nail supports, peaking unde…

Timeline

  1. c. 1086–1100Qingliangsi kiln site, Ruzhou · Baofeng CountyKilns around Qingliangsi in Baofeng began firing porcelain for the court, mainly in sky-blue glaze with fine bodies, using foot-wrapping support nails, forming Ru kiln's distinctive technique.
  2. c. 1101–1125Bianjing court · Henan ProvinceHuizong favored Daoist aesthetics; Ru's sky-blue glaze matched the mood of 'where clouds part after rain clears sky-blue', counted with Guan and Jun among the five great kilns; tribute records remain from the 1120s, surviving pieces held notably at the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
  3. c. 1126–1127Qingliangsi kiln site · Baofeng CountyAfter the Jin invasion and fall of Northern Song, the Ru official kiln ceased firing and was abandoned; later Southern Song official kilns and Ming-Qing Jingdezhen imitated Ru glaze, making Ru a brief but brilliant court category in ceramic history.

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