On the New Category of Glazed Ceramic Ware from Jurchen Sites of Primorye Region
The article is considering certain category of ceramic wares recently discovered at Jurchen sites of Primorye region XII-XIII centuries - large-sized glazed containers. The set of methods, in particularly, SEM and EDS analyses, used in this study is purposed to the determination of technical and technological traits of the ceramics. The study produced some information on the main characteristics of vessels’ morphology and shaping technique, ceramics pastes receipts, glazes composition, firing quality and technological regimes of firing. Certainly, the considered ceramics were the products of professional craft, and, probably, were made in different workshops. The subject of special interest for further investigations is the recognizing of provenance, or production place, of large-sized glazed ware from some Jurchen sites of Primorye. By its basic features this ware is similar to large-sized glazed containers known widely in East and South-East Asia beginning from early Medieval past.