The Dangyangyu Kiln (当阳峪窑 ''Dangyangyu yao'') was a private kiln in operation during the

Northern Song Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a r ...

dynasty, producing

Cizhou ware Cizhou ware or Tz'u-chou ware () is a term for a wide range of Chinese ceramics from between the late Tang dynasty and the early Ming dynasty, but especially associated with the Northern Song to Yuan period in the 11–14th century. It has been ...

. It is located in Xiuwu in

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province, China, and is also known as the Xiuwu Kiln (修武窑 ''Xiuwu yao'') or ''Xiuwu kiln''. Dangyangyu is sometimes presented as Tangyangyu, Tangyang Yu or Tang Yang Yu. The site of the Dangyangyu kiln (当阳峪窑址 Dangyangyu yaozhi) was placed on a list of protected sites of Henan in 2006. According to Li Huibing (李辉柄) of the China Research Centre for Ancient Ceramics (中国古陶瓷研究会 ''Zhongguo gu taoci yanjiuhui'') it stands together with the famous kilns: Ru yao, Jun yao and Ding yao, which produced

Ru ware Ru ware, Ju ware, or "Ru official ware" () is a famous and extremely rare type of Chinese pottery from the Song dynasty, produced for the imperial court for a brief period around 1100. Fewer than 100 complete pieces survive, though there are ...

Jun ware Jun ware () is a type of Chinese pottery, one of the Five Great Kilns of Song dynasty ceramics. Despite its fame, much about Jun ware remains unclear, and the subject of arguments among experts. Several different types of pottery are covered by ...

and Ding ware.

Ceramics from the Dangyangyu Kiln

Ceramic ware from the Dangyangyu Kiln is present in collections of ceramics in China, and outside of China. For example, at the

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, and the

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Chinese pottery kiln sites

Ceramics from the Dangyangyu Kiln

Further reading

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