A Probe into the Shuiche Porcelain of Meixian County in the Period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms:with the Celadon in Zhao and De Tombs of the Southern-Han State As Clues
During the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms,the manufacture of Shuiche porcelain in Meixian County carried forward the kiln industry from the Tang Dynasty with the supplies to civilian markets.Meanwhile,the production of celadon ware is listed into the'local tributes',including some marked with the Chinese character of'官'('official-styled','guan'in Chinese pinyin)to work as a means of tax in-kind supervision under the Southern-Han administration that took the way as the Tang Dynasty did.The Shuiche kiln/ware deserves a special status in the industry by mass-production of celadon wares as burial objects for the imperial tombs The way that the Southern-Han administration used and supervised Shuiche porcelain is the embodiment of the ruling class with the sense of centralization stressing the legitimacy and orthodoxy of the Southern-Han state.
the Five Dynasties and Ten KingdomsShuiche kiln(ware)celadonthe Zhao tomb and De tomb of the Southern-Han state