Provenance Study Of White Porcelain Excavated From Taipingfang In Chang’an City In Tang Dynasty

The creation and firing of white porcelain was another milestone in Chinese ceramic manufacturing technology.It not only demonstrates the progress of ancient porcelain-making technology in China,but also represented the broadening of the aesthetic perspective of Chinese ceramics.The statistics in this article include a total of 822 tombs in northern China in the Tang Dynasty,of which 539 are located in the Liangjing area,and 283 in other parts of northern China.There are 430 Tang tombs with white porcelain unearthed in northern China.Approximately two-thirds of the tombs with white porcelain were unearthed in Liangjing area.A total of 645 pieces of white porcelain were unearthed in Liangjing area.From this data,it can be concluded that white porcelain in the Tang Dynasty was indeed widely popular in all parts of the north,and even more so in Shaanxi and Henan.Comparing the identity of the owner of the tomb with the summary of the white porcelain unearthed from the tomb,it is believed that white porcelain was a funerary object that can be used by people of all social classes in the Tang Dynasty.The type of white porcelain ware unearthed in Shaanxi and Henan of the Tang Dynasty was the research object.It was found that the types of the utensils in the two regions did not change significantly during the Tang Dynasty.The type of the utensils gradually accumulated over time,and the types of most of the utensils Both were gradually increasing,and the most types of utensils in the two regions were bowls.The research on the origin of the white porcelain unearthed at the Taipingfang site in Chang’an City in Tang Dynasty was carried out through the composition characteristics and production process.In terms of composition characteristics: the chemical composition of the white porcelain body and glaze was analyzed using electron probe experiments.The production process: use Observe the structure of the porcelain glaze with an ultra-depth-of-field microscope,and use a whiteness meter to measure the chromaticity of the white porcelain.Based on the analysis of the composition characteristics,the structure of the glaze,the production process of the porcelain pieces,combined with previous studies,it is inferred that the white porcelain fragments unearthed came from the mouth of the white porcelain kilns in Gongxian County,Henan Province and its surrounding areas.This article attempts to take Taipingfang in the Tang Dynasty as the starting point and analyze it from the perspective of the consumer side.By analyzing the situation that most of the white porcelain unearthed in Taipingfang came from the mouth of the white porcelain kiln in Henan,it is considered that the ordinary city of Chang’an in the Tang Dynasty Residents can already consume porcelain that has been produced in a different place,and residents can selectively consume white porcelain made of different water products.There is a complete chain from the production end to the consumption end represented by daily-use porcelain from Henan to Chang’an City.It reflected the relatively developed social and economic situation of Chang’an City in the Tang Dynasty and the close exchanges and exchanges between Shaanxi and Henan in the Tang Dynasty.To a certain extent,it can see the economic development and social operation level of Chang’an City in the Tang Dynasty.