The Five Great Kilns (or the Five Famous Kilns) is a generic term for Chinese ceramics which were produced starting from the Song Dynasty (960 to 1279).

With this set of 5 tea cups, the artist aims to imitate each style of the Five Great Kilns:

Guan Ware (Guanyao): grey-blue coloured glaze

Ge Ware (Geyao): green colour glaze.

Ru Ware (Ruyao): blue colour glaze. The colour is often described as ‘duck egg blue’ by the Chinese.

Jun Ware (Junyao): blue or purple coloured glaze.

Ding Ware (Dingyao): white-greyish body with transparent glaze.

The glazing of some of the cups in this set have a deliberate crackle effect (or “Craquelure”). Such crackle glaze is only on the outside layer of the cup, while the inner layer is dense and strong.

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