江西吉安市临江窑遗址

LINJIANG KILN-SITE AT JI’AN,CITY JIANGXI

临江窑遗址位于吉安市天玉乡天玉山西麓,与吉水县交界处(1984年以前为临江乡)。临江窑与吉州永和窑一样,濒临赣江东岸,临江村的簸箕岭坡地上。与南麓著名的瓷土产地青原山鸡冈岭毗连,两地相距约15公里。簸箕岭西距昌赣一○五国道约600米,东侧紧靠京九铁路,往南至天玉乡圩镇约1500米,东北隅与邱家村委所辖石坑王村、蒋村和杨村毗邻。作坊遗迹遍布在簸箕岭坡地上,岭高约4米,面积达一万余平方米。窑床紧靠作坊东侧坡下。

This kiln-site is situated at Linjiang Village,Tianyu Township,Ji'an City,Jiangxi Province,on a slope of Bojiling Hill at the western foot of Tianyu Mountain,with the boundary between Ji'an City and Jishui County running in the vicinity and the Ganjiang River flowing on the west.Here,two seasons of rescuing excavation were carried out from September 1990 to January 1991 by opening 15 test pits in a total area of above 2400 sq m,which resulted in the discovery of a ruined porcelain-making workshop,two U-shaped kilns and more than 16,000 tools,kiln implements and porcelain object,etc. The Linjiang kiln is a newly-discovered important porcelain-works belonging to the system of Jizhou Yao.Its workshop has a regular layout and great size;being the best in preservation among the vestiges of that sort recorded up to now,the remains allow the whole procession of porcelain making to be reconstructed and thus play a significant role in the study of the history of Chinese ceramics. The Linjiang porcelain-works began its production in the Five Dynasties period; through development and improvement in Northern and Southern Song times,it fully flourished from the Yuan to the middle Ming period;then,in the late Ming,it declined and finally stopped its function.