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Longquan Celadon Bowls: Glaze of Glaze Stone, Husk-and-Lime Ash and Zijin Clay, Reduction Fired
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Longquan Celadon Bowls: Glaze of Glaze Stone, Husk-and-Lime Ash and Zijin Clay, Reduction Fired

Longquan celadon, made in Longquan, China, since the 10th century, is a thick jade-green glaze over a bisque-fired body. The glaze is three powders washed out of local materials: glaze stone, the ash of rice husk burnt together with limestone, and iron-rich Zijin clay. Fired in reduction between 900 and 1230 °C, the iron in the glaze turns blue-green. Result: thick-glazed, jade-green celadon bowls. Source: the video 'Longquan celadon' by Shanbai (2025), checked frame by frame against its captions. Not given: amounts, the glaze proportion, ageing times, how iron is taken out, firing times. Unknown: the clay body of the bowls; the video does not show it. Photo: Southern Song Longquan bowl, Royal Ontario Museum, by Daderot (CC0).
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Maagizo

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Watch: Longquan celadon from stone to bowl

The whole process in eight minutes, by Shanbai: preparing the three glaze materials, throwing and bisque firing the bowls, glazing, and the reduction firing.
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Pound the glaze stone

Crush the glaze stone in a stone mortar with a foot-trodden pestle.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Jiwe la rangi ya mng'aoJiwe la rangi ya mng'ao1 as required

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kinu cha kukanyagaKinu cha kukanyaga
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Sieve and settle the stone

Sieve the crushed stone and pound the coarse bits again. Stir the fine stone into water in a vat, sieve off the fine particles suspended in the water into another vat, and let them settle.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)
MajiMaji
Chungu cha Kauri chenye MfunikoChungu cha Kauri chenye Mfuniko
UpawaUpawa
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Burn rice husk with limestone

In a brick-edged bed outdoors, lay rice husk and limestone in alternate layers and burn them. Turn the materials several times during the firing so the husk burns completely.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Makapi ya mpungaMakapi ya mpunga1 as required
Bamba la chokaaBamba la chokaa1 as required

Zana zinazohitajika:

TofaliTofali
SepetuSepetu
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Sieve and wash the ash

Sieve the ash into a vat. Add water and ladle it through a fine sieve into a fresh vat. While this 'black glaze' settles, change the water and wash it several times.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)
Chungu cha Kauri chenye MfunikoChungu cha Kauri chenye Mfuniko
MajiMaji
UpawaUpawa
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Mill and settle the Zijin clay

Grind the dry Zijin clay to powder in a stone hand mill. Mix it well with water, sieve it into a fresh vat and let the fine particles settle.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Udongo wa ZijinUdongo wa Zijin1 as required

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kinu cha Mkono cha JiweKinu cha Mkono cha Jiwe
MajiMaji
Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)
Chungu cha Kauri chenye MfunikoChungu cha Kauri chenye Mfuniko
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Dewater in bags, then age

Drain the water off each of the three vats without stirring up the settled powder. Scoop each paste into a cloth bag, lay the bags on a board and press them under a millstone. When they are dewatered to a certain degree, let them age for a while. Not given: how long. Ours: linen bags (as in the transcript).

Zana zinazohitajika:

UpawaUpawa
Mfuko wa kitaniMfuko wa kitani
Jiwe la kusagia la mkonoJiwe la kusagia la mkono
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Throw the bowls

Throw the bowls on the wheel and let them air-dry in the shade. Unknown: the clay body; the video does not show what it is or how it is made.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Mwili wa udongo usiojulikanaMwili wa udongo usiojulikana1 as required

Zana zinazohitajika:

Gurudumu la mfinyanziGurudumu la mfinyanzi
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Trim and stamp

Set each dry bowl upside down on a chuck on the wheel, trim the outside and the foot smooth, and stamp your mark in the foot.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Gurudumu la mfinyanziGurudumu la mfinyanzi
Zana za kugeuza mbao mbichiZana za kugeuza mbao mbichi
Muhuri wa mfinyanziMuhuri wa mfinyanzi
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Bisque fire at about 800 °C

Stack the bowls in the kiln, brick up the door and seal it with mud, and fire with wood to about 800 °C. The bisque firing makes the body stronger and more absorbent, so the glaze takes better.

Zana zinazohitajika:

TanuruTanuru
TofaliTofali
KuniKuni
Kipima joto kaliKipima joto kali
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Make the glaze

Mix the burnt husk-and-lime ash, the glaze stone and the Zijin clay in proportion, add about an equal amount of water, stir and grind fine. Sieve it, take out the iron, and let the glaze age in the glaze vat. Not given: the proportion, how the iron is removed, how long it ages. Rice husk ash, glaze stone and Zijin clay give the silica, feldspar and kaolin; Zijin clay's iron is the colourant; lime and the potash and soda of feldspar lower the melting point.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kinu na mchi wa jiweKinu na mchi wa jiwe
MajiMaji
Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)Seti ya chekecheke (matundu ya viwango)
Chungu cha Kauri chenye MfunikoChungu cha Kauri chenye Mfuniko
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Dip the bowls

Hold each bisque bowl with wire tongs and dip it into the glaze. Let it air-dry.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Koleo la kuchovyaKoleo la kuchovya
Chungu cha Kauri chenye MfunikoChungu cha Kauri chenye Mfuniko
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Spray on more glaze

Set the bowl upside down on a chuck on the wheel and spray glaze evenly over the outside with a mouth-blown sprayer. Repeated bisque firings, dipping and thin spray coats build a thick glaze; Longquan celadon is a lime-alkali glaze that stays put at high temperature. Scrape the glaze off the foot with a knife.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Gurudumu la mfinyanziGurudumu la mfinyanzi
Kinyunyizi cha mng'ao cha kupulizaKinyunyizi cha mng'ao cha kupuliza
KisuKisu
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Reduction fire in saggars

Set the bowls in saggars, stack them in the kiln and seal the door. Between 900 °C and 1230 °C, feed fuel often, and when combustion is insufficient fire in reduction: the iron in the glaze gives up oxygen, and the mix of divalent and trivalent iron turns the glaze blue-green. Not given: how long the firing takes.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kasha la udongo wa motoKasha la udongo wa moto
TanuruTanuru
TofaliTofali
KuniKuni
Kipima joto kaliKipima joto kali

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