Artistic Types of Porcelain in Liao Dynasty

Porcelain in Liao Dynasty can be divided into two categories, Zhongyuan category and Qidan category. The Khitan porcelain tire is thicker, the enamel is thicker, the teeth are white, and there are many colors and no lines. Qidan porcelain has its own national style, the main types are: cockscomb pot, long-necked bottle, crested pot, wearing pot, chicken leg bottle, begonia plate and so on. The later times, the more Khitan-style porcelain has its own national style. The main types of porcelain are: cockscomb pot, long-necked bottle, crested pot, threading pot, chicken leg bottle, begonia-style plate and so on. The later the times, the less qidan porcelain. Cocktail pot is the most distinctive shape in Liao porcelain. Its prototype is a skin pot used by the Khitan people to hold water or milk when they were nomadic. The earliest cockscomb pot completely imitated the leather bag pot, and the traces of leather sewing were very realistic, and even leather ropes and buckles were piled up. The later the times are, the less the characteristics of the leather bag pot are, and some of them are just decorations.

Porcelain kilns in Liao Dynasty are concentrated in present-day Liaoning, northern Hebei and Shanxi, mainly including Shangjing Kiln (now Dongzhen, Balinzuoqi, Inner Mongolia), Chifeng Gangwa Kiln, Liaoyang Jiangguantun Kiln and Beijing Mentougou Kiln. The main product is little white porcelain. Cocktail pot is the most distinctive shape in Liao porcelain. Its prototype is a skin pot used by the Khitan people to hold water or milk when they were nomadic. The earliest cockscomb pot completely imitated the leather bag pot, and the traces of leather sewing were very realistic, and even leather ropes and buckles were piled up. The later the times are, the less the characteristics of the leather bag pot are, and some of them are just decorations. Porcelain kilns in Liao Dynasty are concentrated in present-day Liaoning, northern Hebei and Shanxi, mainly including Shangjing Kiln (now Dongzhen, Balinzuoqi, Inner Mongolia), Chifeng Gangwa Kiln, Liaoyang Jiangguantun Kiln and Beijing Mentougou Kiln. The main products are white porcelain, black porcelain, tricolor and tricolor pottery.