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Millennium Kiln Fire Heritage

Dragon Kiln Jun · Master Zhang

Inheriting thousand-year kiln fire, presenting the authentic essence and craftsmanship of Jun porcelain

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Dragon Kiln Heritage

The Dragon Kiln represents a classic system of traditional Chinese ceramic firing, with its serpentine kiln body built along mountain slopes, allowing flames to surge through the kiln chamber, creating unique kiln-change aesthetics. Using wood as fuel, through prolonged high-temperature flame firing, each piece's glaze color, fire marks, and ash deposit thickness are born from the fire's momentum, naturally generating irreplicable textures and colors.

Dragon kiln firing is not merely technique, but a craftsman's spiritual practice: artisans must rely on experience to control fire temperature, atmosphere, and kiln heat, allowing each vessel to manifest unique vitality within uncontrollable changes. Classic glaze colors like sky blue, rose purple, and ash glaze, under the kiln fire's baptism, appear jade-like and warm, or flowing with misty light, both simple and natural, yet perfectly harmonious. Every Dragon Kiln piece is an artistic existence jointly created by fire and earth, craftsmanship and nature.

Sky Blue Glaze Close-up Kiln Environment
Rose Purple Glaze Close-up Representative Vessel Forms
Traditional Wood Firing Copper Red Glaze System Kiln Change Technique Sky Blue Rose Purple Millennium Heritage

Zhang Junheng Master Zhang

Shaanxi Arts & Crafts Society Director Shaanxi Provincial Master of Arts & Crafts Disciple of National Master of Arts & Crafts
Specializes in: Jun Porcelain Kiln Change Meiping Vessel Forms Traditional Wood Firing

Zhang Jiannan, Provincial Master of Arts and Crafts in Henan, has long focused on the restoration of traditional Jun porcelain techniques and contemporary aesthetic exploration. Since his youth, he has devoted himself to kiln fire practice, rooted in the core production area of Jun porcelain, deeply researching clay composition ratios, glaze color development, and kiln change patterns. His works are renowned for their stable and elegant temperament and rich glaze colors, particularly excelling in the control of sky blue, rose purple, and complex kiln changes, presenting the typical beauty of "jade-like texture, misty light effects, and natural fire marks."

From 2017 to 2019, he consecutively won gold awards for three years at China's top craft evaluation event - the "Golden Phoenix" Innovation Product Design Competition, earning high acclaim within the industry. The "Golden Phoenix" award requires participating works to have new breakthroughs in production techniques and raw materials while inheriting tradition, possessing innovative spirit and contemporary relevance, serving as an important criterion for evaluating various levels of "Masters of Arts and Crafts" and craft series professional titles.

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Representative Works

Qingyun Vase

Qingyun Vase

Sapphire Blue Kiln Change

Glaze color like evening sky filled with clouds, purple rhythm flowing with jade-like warmth and texture.

Yiyan Shou Han Tile Teapot

Yiyan Shou Han Tile Teapot

Multicolor Kiln Change Thick Glaze

Sky blue glaze like clear sky after rain through broken clouds, fine crackle adding ancient rustic charm.

Four Spirits Cup

Four Spirits Cup

Multicolor Kiln Change Flowing Glaze

One vessel, multiple colors, natural kiln change, presenting Jun porcelain's miracle of "entering kiln one color, emerging ten thousand colors."

Craftsmanship Analysis Traditional Techniques

Perfect fusion of traditional techniques and modern concepts, each process carries thousand-year craftsmanship heritage

Production Process

1

Clay Selection

Premium kaolin clay selection

2

Wheel Throwing

Traditional hand throwing

3

Bisque & Trimming

Fine vessel form refinement

4

Glaze Preparation

Proprietary glaze formulation

5

Kiln Firing

1300°C reduction firing

6

Kiln Opening

Kiln change completion

Kiln Craftsmanship Traditional Techniques

Thousand-year heritage of kiln production techniques, witnessing the magnificent transformation from clay to porcelain

Complete Traditional Kiln Production Process

From clay material selection to finished product kiln opening, complete documentation of every exciting moment in traditional porcelain-making craft

Wheel Throwing Technique

Wheel Throwing

Traditional hand throwing technique demonstration

Glaze Preparation Process

Glaze Preparation

Unique glaze formulation and application techniques

Kiln Fire Firing Process

Kiln Firing

High-temperature firing and kiln change miracles

Trimming and Refining Process

Trimming & Refining

Fine trimming and vessel form shaping

Kiln Loading Technique Display

Kiln Loading

Scientific kiln loading and temperature control

Kiln Opening Moment Record

Kiln Opening

Witnessing the sacred moment of porcelain birth

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Every piece of porcelain carries the heritage of thousand-year kiln fire, every detail tells the story of craftsman's wisdom. Let us curate the most representative kiln works for you, opening a wonderful journey into ceramic art.

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