The Waishanjia Kiln Site Complex

The Waishanjia Kiln Site Complex

The Waishanjia Kiln Site Complex is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Waishanjia Kiln Site Complex (Provincial-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Era: Song Dynasty

Announcement date: December 12, 1989

Located on a small hill behind Waosanjia Village, Meiyu Township. The site covers an area of approximately 2,000 square meters with a deposit layer about 1 meter thick. Artifacts collected include bowls, plates, cups, pots, jars, cosmetic boxes, and incense burners. The quality of items from early and later periods varies significantly. Early-period wares feature fine, hard grayish-white bodies, most fully glazed with light blue or green glaze. Later-period wares have coarser bodies, thinner glazes in bluish-green or grayish tones, often with partial glazing. Decorations include carved patterns such as medallions, scrolling vines, double butterflies, birds and flowers, and cloud motifs; exterior walls bear folding fan and comb-tooth patterns. Pots and jars have melon-shaped bodies. Kiln furniture includes concave-bottom saggars, ceramic pads, and columnar support stands. Open flame stacking firing was employed.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Network

Further Reading:

· Third Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units