Lingxian Black Pottery

Lingxian Black Pottery

　　Lingxian has inherited and carried forward the black pottery art of the Longshan Culture. Under the guidance of relevant experts, it uses the region’s uniquely rich clay as the main material and employs distinctive hand-molding techniques, along with stacking, carving, engraving, incising, painting, and scraping, to create works with a distinct and unique artistic style.

　　Black pottery is a typical representative of the world-renowned Longshan Culture. It originated in the late Neolithic Age in China and has a history of 4,500 years. It is characterized by being “as black as lacquer, as shiny as a mirror, as thin as paper, as resonant as a chime stone, and as hard as porcelain,” with an elegant shape, simple and generous style, and exquisite craftsmanship.