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[October 2004]
China Establishes First Ancient Ceramic Database
Announced at a recent international seminar on ceramic engineering and materials held in Jingdezhen (Jiangxi Province, PR China), that country's first database on ancient pottery and ceramics has recently been established.
Yang Yun, Associate Professor at the Shaanxi Science & Technology University and one of the directors of the database programme, reported that the designs, heights, patterns, glaze and origins of all available ancient pottery and ceramics are being recorded in the new database. This is to be made available to registered professional pottery and ceramic researchers.
Database users may input basic information in the above mentioned aspects of newly discovered ancient pottery and ceramics to obtain a detailed and accurate assessment.
The database, which has been approved by the National Natural Sciences Fund, is expected to shed light on future excavation and study of ancient Chinese pottery. Chinese pottery can be dated back to over 11,700 years ago. One recent important discovery, in the north of the country, is of an elephant shaped 9.5cm high pot, currently thought to date from 4,500 years ago.
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