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7.14. White marble bas-relief of the Heavenly King of the East playing a pipa with dragon and phoenix motifs, Yuan dynasty,
ca. 1342–1345, approx. 280 cm. Juyong Guan, Changping district, Beijing. Image courtesy of A. Chester Ong.

Painted and Carved Cizhou Ware
for producing practical utilitarian ceramics with lively,
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Since at least 925, a large group of kilns, located along carefree designs. Although sometimes overlooked be-
several hundred miles of territory spanning several cause of their prominence during the Song and Jin,
provinces in Northern China, produced what is generally Cizhou kilns were very important during the Yuan. Just
termed Cizhou ware, named after an important kiln site as an example, excavations in 1998 and 1999 conducted
in Hebei province. These kilns flourished during the at the Yandian site in Pengcheng township, Handan, re-
Northern Song, Jin, Yuan, and beyond and were known vealed a Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) kiln and thousands of

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