| As early as 8, 000 years ago, in the Neolithic Age, | | | | middle is a sculptured hollow stem, and the |
| earthenware, primitive pottery, were invented | | | | bottom looks like an overturning pot. The stem |
| and produced along the Yellow River and the | | | | connects the three. The shape of the goblet is |
| Yangtze River, which has been proved true due | | | | elegant and exquisite. The wall of the cup is of |
| to archeological findings. There were front-page | | | | the same thickness and is as thin as eggshell. The |
| discoveries. At the early stage of the Neolithic | | | | thinnest part is only 0.2 to 0.3 mm but quite fine, |
| Age, potters had to make by hand. Clay was | | | | smooth and solid. The surface glitters after |
| coiled into ropes and then carefully smoothed | | | | long-time polishing. The stem is decorated by |
| using a paddle on the exterior pressed against an | | | | sculptured holes and engraved lines, making the |
| anvil on the inside wall. Later till the primitive | | | | goblet even more exquisite. It is now kept in the |
| Yangshao Culture period, potter's wheel was | | | | Shandong Museum. |
| invented, and kiln was bettered, the production of | | | | This kind of goblet only appeared in the early and |
| pottery made a leap. The representative pottery | | | | mid periods of the Longshan Culture in Shandong |
| then was red earthenware decorated with black | | | | Province. Perhaps it was the special local material |
| animal and geometric designs. During the Longshan | | | | and pottery making techniques that made the |
| Culture period, end of the Neolithic Age, fast | | | | goblet so unique. The making of such pottery is |
| wheel was used and pottery reached a record | | | | of high difficulty even today, and it represents the |
| height, represented by the Black Pottery. | | | | great achievements of pottery making craft in |
| The Longshan Black Pottery is the outstanding | | | | ancient China. |
| variety after Yangshao Culture period, It is a kind | | | | There are only few places on the world where |
| of culture end of the Neolithic Age before more | | | | black pottery is created, and the department of |
| than 4, 000 years ago. It's black like a black jade, | | | | Zhangqiu is one of these few places! Chinese folk |
| so call it "Black Pottery Culture". It is the most | | | | art is an important part of the country's |
| exquisite works among the Longshan culture | | | | extremely rich cultural and art heritage. Chinese |
| pottery. Our products use deposit clay of the | | | | folk art has won recognition and praise from |
| Yellow River as raw materials, inherit traditional | | | | experts both at home and abroad for its great |
| wheel-making technology, all working procedures | | | | variety, sincere rural content, rich flavor of life, |
| are fully handicraft, the works with high collection | | | | distinctive local style, straightforward, natural, |
| value, admired and favored by collectors around | | | | flexible, free from affectedness, vivid and its |
| the world. | | | | artistic approaches of romanticism.All of this will |
| In the last step of pottery making, water is | | | | enhance our life. Our products enjoy a good |
| usually added slowly from the top of the kiln in | | | | reputation both at home and abroad and sell well |
| order to produce thick smoke while extinguishing | | | | far to America, Europe and Asia as its subtle |
| the charcoal. When this is done, the black pottery | | | | craft and lively sculpt and excellent quality. We |
| comes out. Following the color-glazed pottery, this | | | | have 10 categories more than 3000 crafts now. |
| was another peak of pottery making in Chinese | | | | Our professional artist design and make new |
| Neolithic Age (about 10000 to 5000 years ago). It | | | | works every day. We will keep on bringing more |
| is another great invention of the same aesthetic | | | | excellent classic Chinese crafts to you in the |
| value with that of the color-glazed pottery in | | | | future.The balck-pottery product has uonderful |
| Chinese pottery making craft . | | | | color , lively modelling and uarious types . It can |
| This eggshell-like black pottery goblet, unearthed in | | | | be required to carve any kind of characters or |
| Shandong Longshan Cultural Relic of the later | | | | pictures , and it can fully refeet and contear the |
| Neolithic Age in Rizhao County of Shandong | | | | customers' tastes or meanings for memorial . It is |
| Province in northern China, is the best work of | | | | the first souvenir to choose while doing external |
| Chinese ancient pottery. | | | | affairs , having conferences or traceling , also it is |
| The goblet is 26.5 cm in height, and can be divided | | | | best choice for house decorationg . |
| into 3 parts. The top is a cup with a wide rim, the | | | | |