Il grande sviluppo della produzione ceramica di epoca Jin

Jin ceramic production (1126-1234) has always been underestimated (if not altogether ignored) since the 13th C. However, archaeological discoveries of the past two decades impose a 360 degree re-evaluation. If it is true that Jin potters had the fortune to inherit the sophisticated wealth of experience accumulated by their Song and Liao predecessors, which allowed them to start from a very advanced technological level, it is also true that they continued to experiment, improving certain techniques and introducing new ones. Jin achievements in ceramic manufacture are attested by analysing the results offered by recent archaeological work at the sites of some of the most celebrated genres, such as Ding, Jun, Yaozhou, Cizhou, and Zhanggongxiang. This method proves the important role played by Jin potters in the history of Chinese ceramics and ought to dismantle the old prejudice, still widespread in China, according to which the Jurchen were barbarians unable to appreciate the refinement of Song culture, therefore great innovations and elegant specimens can only belong to the Song period.