中国古代青瓷中心产区早期龙窑研究

Study of Early Climbing Kiln in the Central Area of Green Porcelain Production in Ancient China

中国古代青瓷中心产区早期龙窑及其产品遵循的是一种经济型原则。本文通过解析龙窑的各个结构,认为在长达1500年以上烧制原始瓷的实践中,窑工对于龙窑技术的认识和改革是逐步的,其动因在于提高产量而非质量,节约成本并追求利润最大化。从宏观上看由于不停地改革窑炉及其相关技术,使得龙窑技术越来越趋向成熟。龙窑的渐趋成熟,在烧制原始瓷及其向早期越窑青瓷发展的这些过程中起着至为关键的作用。

This paper proposes that the economic principle is centered in the early climbing kiln in the central area of green porcelain production in ancient China. It analyzes the structure of climbing kiln and demonstrates an evolutionary process of potter's understanding and improvement of climbing kiln technology during the proto-porcelain manufacture of more than 1500 years. The motivation of technological improvement lies in the desire of escalating output rather than quality of the products and saving costs while maximizing return. Climbing kiln technology turns mature in general due to the continuous improvement of kiln and its related technology. The sophistication of climbing kiln is vital in the proto- porcelain production and its development to early green porcelain of Yue Kiln.