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Guan ware

Guan ware or Kuan ware (Chinese: 官窯; pinyin: guān yáo; Wade–Giles: kuan-yao) 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 crack lines in the glaze.

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Location
Northern Song: Bianjing (Kaifeng), Henan (kiln site unconfirmed); Southern Song: Hangzhou, Zhejiang (Xiushisi and Jiaotanxia kiln sites)
Branch
Chinese ceramics
Influences
Ru ware
Years active
Northern Song (early 12th century) – Southern Song dynasty (12th–13th century)

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Guan ware

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Edges32
Triples65
Avg. degree1.94
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related to References · 43
Guan ware → Art, British Museum Press, Cambridge University Press, Ceramic Technology, Ceramics, Chemical Technology, Chemistry, China, Chinese, Chinese Celadon Wares, Chinese Ceramics, Chinese Pottery, Civilisation, Faber, Ge, Gompertz, Guan, Historical, ISBN, Joseph
related to Characteristics · 8
Guan ware → Alternatively, Crackled, Guan, In, Longquan, Ru, The, Three
related to Imitations · 6
Guan ware → Chinese, Guan, Imitations, Jingdezhen, Longquan, Yuan
Branch · 1
Guan ware → Chinese ceramics
Influences · 1
Guan ware → Ru ware
Location · 1
Guan ware → Northern Song: Bianjing (Kaifeng), Henan (kiln site unconfirmed); Southern Song: Hangzhou, Zhejiang (Xiushisi and Jiaotanxia kiln sites)
Years active · 1
Guan ware → Northern Song (early 12th century) – Southern Song dynasty (12th–13th century)

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ware guan chinese kiln song kilns southern wares dynasty new ceramics glaze official imperial northern sources court hangzhou imitations celadon

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Guan wareBranchChinese ceramics1.00infobox
Guan wareInfluencesRu ware1.00infobox
Guan wareLocationNorthern Song: Bianjing (Kaifeng), Henan (kiln site unconfirmed); Southern Song: Hangzhou, Zhejiang (Xiushisi and Jiaotanxia kiln sites)1.00infobox
Guan wareYears activeNorthern Song (early 12th century) – Southern Song dynasty (12th–13th century)1.00infobox
those making Ru wareinstance ofthe result of an imperial initiative resulting from the loss of access to northern kilns0.80text
Jun ware after the invasion of the northinstance ofthe result of an imperial initiative resulting from the loss of access to northern kilns0.80text
the flight of a Song prince to establish the Southern Song at a new capital at Hangzhouinstance ofthe result of an imperial initiative resulting from the loss of access to northern kilns0.80text
Zhejiang provinceinstance ofthe result of an imperial initiative resulting from the loss of access to northern kilns0.80text
Guan warerelated to CharacteristicsGuan0.60section
Guan warerelated to CharacteristicsRu0.60section
Guan warerelated to CharacteristicsLongquan0.60section
Guan warerelated to CharacteristicsCrackled0.60section

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