HANOI – Nearly 70 unique ceramic glaze artifacts spanning the more than 2,000-year history of Vietnamese pottery are on display at the National Museum of History.

The artifacts are put on display racks by museum staff and sealed in glass boxes.

From November 19 to the end of December, the National Museum of History cooperates with the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Association to display the theme “Vietnamese Pottery: A Distinctive Tradition”. Nearly 70 exhibits are selected from the An Bien antique collection of collector Tran Dinh Thang (Hai Phong) and some artifacts of the National Museum of History.

The house model is a custom burial item commonly found in brick tombs, dating from the I – III centuries. This is a miniature reflection of the actual home architecture and environment, which may include buildings, courtyards, enclosures, sheds, wells, barns…

According to the National Museum of History, more than 2,000 years ago today, on the basis of the Dong Son pottery tradition, the Vietnamese have absorbed contemporary Chinese advanced glaze ceramic making techniques (moulding, assembling components, etc.). after casting, glazing and firing at high temperature in the kiln), expanding the scale, organizing production, creating a line of ceramics with its own nuances and making Vietnam one of the few countries in the world. The profession of producing enameled pottery was born early and developed continuously. These are the basis and foundation for the formation of glazed ceramic lines developed in later periods, especially from the Ly – Tran dynasties.

Animal-shaped vase, dating from the I-III centuries. The name of this vase is “tiger vase”, because it is shaped like a tiger with a handle on its back, mouth facing up.

Yellow-brown enamel vase, dated V-VI centuries.

From the 3rd century to the end of the 6th century, pottery production in the South made great strides, and a new line of pottery appeared, which was white glaze, blue and white glaze fired at high temperature, bone and hard ceramic glaze. This is a revolution in world-class ceramic production.

The research and excavation of ancient pottery kilns in Co Loa (Hanoi), Dai Lai, Luy Lau, Duong Xa (Bac Ninh), Thanh Lang, Dong Dau, Lung Hoa (Vinh Phuc), Tam Tho (Thanh Hoa) found appeared many pieces of white glaze, blue and white glaze with various types. Therefore, it can be affirmed that Vietnam in this period also caught up and became one of the rare countries in the world that could produce this high quality ceramic.

Green enamel bowl, XIII – XIV centuries.

Vietnamese ceramics from the Ly – Tran dynasties developed independently, exploring Vietnamese indigenous decorative themes, creating one of the most brilliant history pages of the Vietnamese ceramics production tradition. Nam with common types are: urn, kettle, lotus, bowl, plate…. produced for daily life and consumption from royal to folk.

Festival of brown flowers, dating from the 14th century. This was the period when a variety of glazed ceramics were formed and developed, such as: white glazed ceramics, celadon ceramics, green glazed ceramics, brown glazed ceramics, brown flower ceramics, and at the end of the 14th century, flower ceramics appeared. blue.

Multi-colored blue flower plate, dating from the 15th century; found in ancient ships in Cu Lao Cham.

The 15th – 17th centuries was a period of strong development of trade and exchange relations between Vietnam and many countries around the world. Pottery became an important export item, produced in many types with high technical level with main types being daily-life utensils, worship items (bowls, plates, kettles, urns, incense boxes, etc.) Nghe statue, lampstand…), typical enamel lines are blue-green, multi-colored, blue-gray flowers, with decorative themes mainly dragons, phoenixes, clouds, Nghe… Some famous ceramic production centers During this period: Thang Long, Bat Trang (Hanoi), Nam Sach, Binh Giang (Hai Duong)…

The lampstand, blue flower; Vinh To year 4th year (1,622).

Nghe statue, white and green enamel, dating from the 17th century.

Sword, white enamel, dating from the 18th century of Bat Trang pottery village.

Bat Trang – a traditional pottery village from the 14th century, is one of the few centers of ceramic production that still exists and develops to this day. Typical of Bat Trang ceramics are glaze lines: reef enamel, blue reef … and mainly types: living utensils, worshiping items, decorations, custom-made items suitable for contemporary users’ tastes such as: incense, kettle, lime vase, statue…

Museum staff carefully put the artifacts on display shelves.

The exhibition “Vietnamese Pottery: A Distinctive Tradition” is an activity to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23). Follow vnexpress