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Fig. 3.4 A dark reddish
brown glazed pottery jar with
pasted phoenix design

3.2 Category and Content of the Artifacts

3.2.1 Category of the Artifacts

A total of 27,000 pieces of artifacts, including porcelain, pottery, metal and others,
were collected from the situ during the pre-disturbance investigation and
excavation.
The majority of the remains are porcelains with various types of the products of
Zhangzhou ("!) kiln, Jingdezhen (!!!) kiln and other kilns in southern
Fujian and northern Guangdong (Fig. 3.3). Most of the porcelain are blue and
white, while a small amount of other include Wucai (%", polychrome or !ve
colors glazed) porcelain, dark celadon (dark bluish grey), white celadon (light
bluish blue), mazarine blue, black glaze and etc. The shapes of them are plate, bowl,
jar, cup, dish, powder box, small bowl, bottle, kettle and so on. The patterns of
decoration includes flowers, animals, human !gures, Chinese characters, Bagua (!
#, Eight Trigram), bow string pattern, treasure design and so on. The usual