Purple clay exhibition kicks off in Tongzhou

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Updated: 2023-02-10

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An exhibition of purple clay works is underway at the Wenbo Center Art Museum in Tongzhou district, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province.

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A purple clay work is displayed at the exhibition. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

The exhibition featured 30 works produced in the Chai kiln in Yixing, a county-level city in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province.

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Some dark red enameled pots feature a traditional Chinese style. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

The Chai kiln, also known as the firewood kiln, is named after a technique in which wood is used as fuel for a fire. It originated more than 3,000 years ago in the Zhou Dynasty (c.11th century-256 BC). This Chinese traditional ceramic technique fires clay in kilns using wood, flame, and ash to glaze pots.

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