秦汉原始瓷略论

On The Proto-porcelain of Qin-Han Period

江南地区传统上称为高温釉陶的器物,从胎质、施釉以及高温烧成等方面来看,都可归入瓷器范围,可以称为秦汉原始瓷。秦汉原始瓷主要流行于秦至东汉早中期,以器物朝上无遮挡的部分有釉但釉层不均匀、没有清晰的施釉线为基本特征。相关技术在战国中期前后即已出现,是本地传统的延续,它上承夏商以来的先秦时期原始瓷,下启东汉成熟青瓷,在陶瓷史上具有重要的承上启下作用。

There was a kind of object traditionally called the‘high-fired glazed pottery’in the south lower reaches of the Yangtze River,it is actually the Qin-Han Proto-porcelain,which fits into the category of porcelain judging by its body paste,glazing and high-temperature processing techniques.The type of ware,which has just the upper exposed area unevenly glazed without visible glazing lines,was popular during the Qin and the Eastern-Han times,so it is defined as the Qin-Han proto-porcelain.Although arising around the middle of the Warring States period,the processing techniques used for the Qin-Han protoporcelains was carried forward as the local traditional craftsmanship to play an important role to bridge the preceding and the following in the history of porcelains development——inheriting the pre-Qin porcelain to create the Eastern-Han green porcelain with innovated techniques.