Asian Art

Dragon kiln

A dragon kiln (simplified Chinese: 龙窑; traditional Chinese: 龍窯) also known as a climbing kiln, is a traditional Chinese form of kiln, used for Chinese ceramics, especially in southern China. It is long and thin, and relies on having a fairly steep slope, typically between 10° and 16°, up which the kiln runs. The kiln could achieve the very high temperatures, sometimes as high as 1,400 °C (2,550 °F), necessary for high-fired wares including stoneware and porcelain, which long challenged European potters, and some examples were very large, up to 60 metres (200 ft) long, allowing up to 25,000 pieces to be fired at a time. By the early 12th century CE they might be over 135 metres long, allowing still larger quantities to be fired; more than 100,000 have been claimed.

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• ▸Jogye Order
• ▸Aurora (Reni)
• ▸Cinema of North Korea

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